ESBG 2021 – SBUK Presenters: chris hawker

‘Straw Building Project Examples’

Saturday 31st July 1155 – 1225 BST online (Zoom)

Chris Hawker is a founder and co-director of Hawkland Ecological Construction, along with his business partner David Copeland. 

Hawkland specialise in the use of appropriate materials, with a focus on sustainability and occupant health. They have delivered several straw projects using structural timber frames or straw panels, throughout southern England and Wales. 

Hawkland also work extensively in renovation around the Bristol area, often working on traditional and heritage properties. Natural materials are employed here as well, including hempcrete, wood fibre insulation and a range of lime plasters.