BLDUS Wraps Brown House in Patchwork of Cork, Copper, Bamboo, Hemp and Timber

BLDUS Wraps Brown House in Patchwork of Cork, Copper, Bamboo, Hemp and Timber

In the quiet crisscross of Capitol Hill’s alleys, BLDUS has slotted the Brown House as a striking new structure that brings texture, tactility, and botanical ambition to Washington DC. The single-family residence is a materials manifesto dressed in cork, copper, black locust timber, and bamboo — a counterproposal to drywall monotony. BLDUS designs its Brown House as a linear infill on Overbeck Alley, taking advantage of recent zoning updates tha…