Design: London calling on how to build a low-carbon home

One of the world’s leading design cities reveals developments in building for a greener planet 

Portland Stone home; picture supplied by Albion Stone, which along with Hutton Stone has displays as part of the How to Build a Low-Carbon Home exhibition.

What would the "Three Little Pigs" say if they knew about developments which would have future generations living in houses made from, among other things, straw?

What about thatched roofs, or would our ancestors evicted by rack-rent landlords who then set light to the thatch to prevent reoccupation, turn in their graves?