Escher Design

05/17/2024

I am thrilled to announce that I will be co-teaching Yestermorrow Design/Build School's H**pcrete Building Course alongside Bob Escher AIA ,Jennifer Martin, and Tom Rossmassler from H**pstone. This two-day course will take place on May 18th and 19th, and our team takes great pride in having created one of the most advanced and comprehensive courses in the country. Our main focus is to train the next generation of contractors who are interested in learning about H**pcrete and its applications.
For more information about the course, please visit the Yestermorrow website at

Dive into the world of plant-based building materials with Yestermorrow's introduction to H**pcrete, a bio-composite material created from the woody core of the h**p plant combined with a lime-based binder that can be used for construction and insulation.

05/05/2024

Had a great time guest lecturing at Castleton College this week about applications for H**p Fiber. Thank you Phil Lamy for hosting such a great event.

06/30/2022

Had a great day in Burlington yesterday at UVM. Big thanks to the whole team for making this possible.

06/30/2022

I am proud to be teaching my first h**pcrete course today at University of Vermont.

06/30/2022

I am very proud to be the keynote speaker along with Bob Escher at NECANN cannabis expo this weekend in Burlington. The event will take place at the Champlain Valley Expo Center on 25th-26th.

The 4th annual Vermont cannabis and H**p convention will be held at the Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Vertmont on June 25-26, 2022.

03/22/2022

Pennsylvania’s h**p supply chain is taking a major step as a next-generation construction company sets up research and manufacturing operations in Monroe County.

03/17/2022

Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic and other reputable institutions point out that h**p could be a perfect replacement for steel. These scientists claim...

02/03/2022

H**pcrete offers a non-toxic alternative to other building materials

05/09/2020

Industrial h**p used as a renewable construction material is gaining ground in the United States after fire safety tests and a new book from a university design and architecture program.

03/24/2019

“Using h**p is a sustainable building material because it is carbon negative (it stocks more carbon in the fibre of the plant than is used to grow, harvest, and process it).” I had no i…

03/08/2019

By adopting h**pcrete products in your projects you are contributing to the welfare of farmers from whom the h**p stalks are bought. The manufacture and retail of h**pcrete could improve the income of farmers by up to 20% per annum.

02/23/2019

One of the common beliefs about bio-construction is that it is only for rich people. According to Mike Lawrence, Professor at the BRE CICM (Centre for Innovative Construction Materials), University of Bath, UK, this is a myth: “If you compare like with like, so if you compare a building made out o...