Colverd Studio has initiated a neighborhood housing development project in upstate New York in collaboration with Vernacular Works.

Four new homes will be built using the compressed straw panel system developed by Croft which uses regionally sourced biomaterials to achieve the highest level of environmental stewardship for new home construction.

Biogenic construction materials outperform conventional synthetic materials all while capturing and storing carbon from the atmosphere and remaining biodegradable at the end of their service life.