Author Archives: Summer Islam

Planting a seed: bio-based building

By Summer Islam 15 June 2023 Keynote

As the construction industry embraces more plant‑based materials, their cultivation must be scaled up in a responsible manner

The coloniality of planting: legacies of racism and slavery in the practice of botany

27 January 2021 By Ros Gray and Shela Sheikh

Botany, or the practice of botany, might at first appear to be…

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Plantationocene: when trees are worth more dead than alive

7 October 2021 By Sophie Sapp Moore

Afforestation initiatives are not always a natural good, and in Haiti intertwine…

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AR Ecologies: planting trees

15 October 2021 By AR Editors

The first episode of the AR Ecologies series focuses on tree planting…

Uncorked: plant-based buildings

2 November 2021 By Oliver Wilton and Matthew Barnett Howland

Cork use in construction dates back millennia, but could offer an ecological…

AR June 2023: Plants

12 June 2023 By AR Editors

Yasmeen Lari | Kerstin Dicken Castro | Andrés Jaque | Sarah Wigglesworth…

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Editorial: plant matter

13 June 2023 By Manon Mollard, Eleanor Beaumont and Kristina Rapacki

In June 2023, the AR examines plant-based construction at its root

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Folio: the re-thatching of Nagase house in Shirakawago

14 June 2023 By AR Editors

In Japan, thatched roof maintenance takes place in a celebrated event

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