Roberta Strickler Jan 19, 2007 Jan 19, 2007 Updated Sep 11, 2013 Straw bale houses of the western Nebraska prairies were comfortable places built where there were no trees or sod. In Lancaster County, ...
The seven homes in Shirehampton, Bristol were constructed as part of an EU-funded joint research project with the University of Bath and the architectural firm Modcell. The team behind the project ...
Light Straw Clay Construction (New Society Publishers, 2017) by Lydia Doleman is an essential how-to guide for those looking to start light straw clay projects. From the basics of LSC to project plans ...
Richard Venberg owned a custom furniture/cabinet shop in Colorado when he took a major step toward becoming an architect and one of Minnesota’s leading advocates of straw-bale construction. “Basically ...
Green Design Systems improves on bales, wins California clean-tech award HEALDSBURG – Harry Hagaman set out to build a straw-bale home to alleviate his health problems, but in the process he developed ...
Would you build a house of straw? Contrary to the childhood story of the big, bad wolf that huffed and puffed and easily blew down the little pig's house, straw can be an excellent building material.
VINES is growing in Binghamton, and setting a new industry standard for green construction in the process. VINES — Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments, Inc. — set the first straw bale at ...
David and Carrie Chew live in a house made of straw. It has two bathrooms, a modern kitchen and a packed earthen floor. The exterior walls are made with stacked wheat straw bales covered in plaster.
SANTA CRUZ — When Mike and Cindy Grall imagined their dream house, it was something much more than three bedrooms, two baths, a white picket fence and a swimming pool. “We wanted the home to produce ...
Ventura County issued its first permit Friday for a straw-bale building, approving construction of a reception center at the Ojai Foundation’s spiritual retreat. The permit will allow use of straw ...
Historically, houses made of straw have not fared well, but University of Michigan Art, Design and Environment Professor Joe Trumpey and his students intend to make history. “It’s the first official U ...
AKRON, Ohio — If ever a building material has gotten a bad rap, it’s straw. Practically from the cradle, we’re told it’s unsuitable for sheltering pigs, let alone people. But Bob Perritt knows better.
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