Marc Thorpe designs Kampala houses made from local soil bricks

Architect Marc Thorpe has unveiled renderings of a set of houses in Uganda that will be constructed almost entirely from bio-bricks made from local soil and feature solar-panelled roofs.
Scheduled for completion this spring, Marc Thorpe is working on the project with social housing company Échale and Stage Six, an organisation that describes itself as supporting businesses in becoming sustainable franchises.
Ten houses will be built just outside of Kampala
The group will initially pr