Innovations in natural building

I was blessed with some alumni mail not intended for me from CU boulder and read this awesome article whereby a professor at cu boulders department of civil, environmental, and architectural engineering (ceae) is working to make living bricks out of single cell organisms, cyanobacteria, mixing their microbes with a mix of sand and gelatin (hoofs or seaweed?) And then nudge them to produce calcium carbonate, becoming very hard bricks. They can also reproduce, so one day we could receive sacks filled with ingredients and start making living bricks.

Professors names are Wil Srubrar, jeffrey cameron of biochemistry, Sherri cook, and Mija Hubler.

"Nature has figured out how to do a lot of things in a clever and efficient way. We just need to pay attention."

If you have any other innovative green building news, post below! The last time I heard of something exciting like this was growing homes or furniture out of living Willow! It takes a few years, but it's neat.

I see potential for factory-built prefabricated building units, where climate and process could be optimized. Why make bricks, when you could make one-piece wall segments and erect them quickly.
If the climate on a building site is correct, one could build a form for say a dome or other shape and grow the whole structure as one complete object!

There's no mention of the time it takes for the process...

I can also see the potential for combining "living bricks" and "fungal insulation" into a SIP (structural insulated panel) where the brick would grow in a form/mold, and then become the form/mold for the fungus to grow and fill in and attach two "living brick" faces, or maybe get a wood or plaster interior face.