This architecture firm makes houses from plastic in the seas

SPARK Architects makes their signature beach huts using plastic waste collected from Singapore’s shoreline. The construction industry is responsible for 38% of global CO2 emissions — and recycling rates of construction materials are shockingly low. But Stephen Pimbley, co-founder and director of SPARK Architects, aims to change the industry from the inside.  “Construction is a terrible polluter so we should be building far less and renovating more. This is SPARK’s current focus — to try and transform more existing buildings,” he tells us. “Slowly our industry is beginning to realize…