Cura Design have a new article this month in Issue 30 of the Journal of Biophilic Design (Landscape Issue) about a fantastic permaculture Part Q barn conversion in Cornwall! Link: journalofbiophilicdesign.com/shop/journal...

Pilgrim, by Michael Stanton track by Michael Stanton

Some good guitar music inspired by nature
michaelstantonmusic.bandcamp.com/track/pilgrim

Studies for a new home on a river in Cornwall.
This home is all about connecting architecture with nature and the elements of fire and water. Its about increasing our physical well-being and enhancing nature, the surrounding landscape and local biodiversity.

Gerrards Cross completed. The double storey extension was pulled away from the main house creating an atrium that brought light to the kitchen and bedrooms into the home and provided a large entertaining space well connected to the garden. A glazed bridge connected the house to the second floor.

‘We can learn from the old’: how architects are returning to the earth to build homes for the future Rammed earth sourced from, or near, the grounds of a proposed building site is attracting attention as an eco-friendly construction material

Rammed earth is a fantastic building system that works with nature and is intrinsically biophilic. Please contact our office if you are interested in building this way.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Cura Design submitted a planning application today: 15 flats in Newquay, Cornwall. Retaining existing walls/window/door openings and all glass bay windows, the outside recieves EIFS/natural render. Green roof on the recessed top floor and entrance and rainchains. Beautiful rainy day image: wyrdtree.

Germany’s dying forests are losing their ability to absorb CO2. Can a new way of planting save them? Vast swathes of the country’s trees have been killed off by droughts and infestations, in a trend sweeping across Europe. A shift towards more biodiverse cultivation could offer answers

Nature is dying everywhere
Germany’s dying forests are losing their ability to absorb CO2
Since 2010, the amount absorbed by land has fallen by a third and continues to decline.
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Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United

This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"

Each Life Sacred, by Each Life Sacred 17 track album

Good music for a good cause:

eachlifesacred.bandcamp.com/album/each-l...

Resources SEO RAIN CHAIN is a brand created by SEO Inc., a company that has been making rain chains for over half a century since the 1960s in Japan, a country where the first rain chain was invented.

Great resource for rain chains
seorainchain.com/en-gb/blogs/...

Cura Design have a new website with loads of new projects, blogs and information. Considering a possible new shop at the moment....

www.curadesign.com

Hedgehog highways could become requirement for new buildings Lords amend planning bill to include protections for wild animals, including bird-safe glass and swift bricks

Our buildings...the entire built environment needs to work with nature not against it...its called common sense...and as well known as "biophilic design."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Cura Design at Build It Live in Exeter

Cura Design will be giving advice at the Extensions Clinic this weekend in Exeter. Bring your drawings and ideas.

Looking forward towards giving a short talk along with some images and some thoughts at the Biophilia Summit 2025 for the Leadership by Nature segment on 25th September at 2:40.

TMH (@thememoryhole) Howard Zinn: War Solves Nothing

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Topsham, Devon. Cura Design took this from design to completion - 3 Bed house/conservation area built with custom bricks/traditional detailing/ground source heat pump/ solar panels/rainwater harvesting/bee bricks/EPC rating of A. Its carbon negative, it's actually removing 1.6tonnes per year.

Lula: A veto for the Amazon! I just signed a petition to stop Brazil's 'devastation bill' – a reckless law that opens the Amazon to destruction. Lula has the power to veto it – let's show him the world is watching. Join me and sh...

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Looking at this guardian article today and this, So called "built environment professionals" facilitate a lot of this stuffand have been for most of my life.

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MAHA's winning so fkin hard Talk about sleight of hand

Some great points about medical advances world wide and wellness from a perspective of whats happening in the USA

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Swifts’ decline: how can Britons help these remarkable birds? Campaigners are calling for compulsory ‘swift bricks’ in new homes to provide nesting sites

Swift bricks and bee bricks can easily be incorporated into masonry walls. Nature and biodiversity need to come first and not last in architecture and building.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Construction week panel discussion on net zero. I think it’s the way buildings are designed that has to change….biodiversity and nature need to be considered first… not last.

I will be at Construction Week at the Excel Centre Thursday 8 May 2025
11:15 – 12:00 participating on a panel discussion for Net Zero - Hope to see you there! :

Designing for a Net Zero Future: Architectural Technology at the Forefront

This was from my recent trip to Japan to see family. Its the temple for the lost children and attached gardens in kamakura. There is a beautiul song by Adrian Freedman about the Jizo Bodhisatvia: adrianfreedman.bandcamp.com/track/jiz-so...

78. Matthew Barley on psychosis and healing through ayahuasca | Things Musicians Don't Talk About

Good thoughts about how at the core, music is about healing.
shows.acast.com/things-music...

Bill Burr is a national treasure 🎯!

"You journalists need to get your balls back"

Extension to a listed property in Buckinghamshire with beautiful flint wall that echoes the original home and corten roof. Oak frame extends elements of the original house. All glass bay windows with plants and utilizing bee bricks and bird boxes. PV and air source heat pump -powered by nature.

Former Golf Courses Are Going Wild Across the U.S. and beyond, fairways are becoming wildflower meadows — and communities are reaping the benefits.

Great story.
reasonstobecheerful.world/rewilding-go...

Oh dear, Elon Musk learned how they do protests in France.

Director of Cura Design Robert Bedner will be speaking on the Happy Healthy Home Show with Odile Smith on 14 March 2025 at 4pm about biophilic design and current projects at Cura! Join via this link: lnkd.in/ehHJxVyN

The Times They Are A-Changin', by Frazey Ford track by Frazey Ford

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