A family like that of Jen Frey and Joe Wirbick can find enough space to build a straw bale house or two on a windy hillside near Mount Joy. They started construction of a temporary first house in ...

A time-honored method of construction will find new expression as a Columbia building company shows off its home built of prefabricated straw bale panels. The house, which its builders believe is ...

For the AJ’s natural materials-themed issue, Rob Wilson and Fran Williams look at five projects currently on site or recently ...

I had attempted to permit a straw bale house a few years before in King County. The county said: If the International Conference of Building Officials approves it, okay. ICBO said: If you have all ...

I love it," she said. Beyond debunking myths, Building Integrity LLC is focused on energy efficiency and cost-competitive housing. Straw bale homes offer superior insulation, reducing heating and ...

JUDY KNOX AND her husband Matts Myhrman say Tucson is on its way to becoming known world-wide as the center--if not quite the birthplace--of straw bale construction. This weekend Out on Bale ...

Instead of the conventional stone building, the health centre has used straw bale — materials made entirely out of farm waste, readily available from wheat farms throughout Kenya — to ...

Carbon-Free Infrastructure and Construction Chris constructed the first permitted straw bale house in Ontario in 1996. He has authored seven books on sustainable building, including the well loved ...