Wolf Hilbertz

Wolf Hilbertz is president of Sun & Sea, a non-profit organisation for development of new sustainable building technologies. He is an architect educated in Germany and the United States. A pioneer in organic architecture, he invented Biorock technology for growing building materials in the sea. Currently based in Dubai, he has lived in Thailand, Ireland, Canada, the US, and Germany.

Growing a beach in the Maldives

We all treasure our blissful interludes on the shoreline, accompanied by the breeze, and the sound of waves lapping at the shore, especially during the magic moments of sunset and

By Thomas J Goreau, Abdul Azeez Abdul Hakeem and Wolf Hilbertz

/ 12 May 2004