Flax is a very useful crop, being used in everything from e-racers to campers. With concrete being such a major contributor of carbon emissions, a team led by the Eindhoven University of Technology ...

The Eindhoven University of Technology-led (TU/e, Netherlands) EU project “Smart Circular Bridge” has recognized the potential of natural fiber by building three city bridges made from a biocomposite ...

Flax is a material that has been with us for thousands of years in the form of clothing, sacks, and ropes for ships. Nowadays, this old material has been ‘rediscovered’, and could become the building ...

Not far from Amsterdam, the flax bridge in Almere is 15 metres long and can be used by pedestrians and cyclists alike. Around 15 European organisations participated in building this unusual bridge.