Mr Graeme North, MNZM, for services to architecture and natural building standards
Mr Graeme North, MNZM, for services to architecture and natural building standards
Graeme North is an architect with a long involvement in the natural building industry. He was the founding Chair of the Earth Building Association of New Zealand. He developed the original Earth Building Standards and is currently updating the standards. He promoted the integration of productive plants and restorative buildings to create designs he calls “livingscapes”. He is Chair of the Standards New Zealand Technical Committee for Earth Building Standards and was a founding Trustee of The YIMFY Trust—The Centre for Appropriate Building Technology. Mr North has presented papers at numerous conferences and gave the keynote speech at the International Conference on Strawbale and Natural Resources.