The Mushroom Hour Podcast

Ep. 198: Red House Architecture – Pioneering Mycelium Materials in Namibia, Cleveland & Outer Space (feat. Christopher Maurer)

February 20, 2026·1h 2m
Episode Description from the Publisher

GUEST:    https://www.redhousearchitecture.org/    https://www.instagram.com/redhousestudioarchitecture    MENTIONS:    https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=A6Ud3q0AAAAJ&hl=en    https://www.namibian.com.na/meet-the-trees-of-namibia-the-black-thorn-tree-acacia-mellifera-subsp-detinens-part-1/    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com    https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:    Mycohab – Turning Namibia’s Blackthorn Bush into Food and Housing    Fungal Architecture and Mycotecture    Adjusting Substrate, Species, Environment    Melanin-Rich Fungi    World’s First Structural Mycelium House    Strength of Mycoblocks vs Concrete    Biocycler – Mycelium Design for the Redeveloping World    Fungi Recycling Demolished Homes and Growing New Structures    Fungal Remediation After Disasters    Getting Mycelium Materials Accepting into Building Codes    Processes to Create Red House’s Mycelium Materials    Inflatable Mycelium Structures Colonizing Space    Mycelium Aerogels with Cyanobacteria as Substrate

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