"It doesn’t have to be this way." Patagonia founder builds straw-bale home to answer major issue with traditional houses: ...

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 ...

In places with some of the harshest winter conditions in the lower 48, people are insulating their houses with straw. The ...

Mom's Place was, in fact, the first load-bearing ("Nebraska-style") straw bale house anywhere to be granted a building permit. (Dorsey's home used a post and beam framework to support the roof ...

Proposals to build a house out of straw bales have been described as "sensational" by a planning committee. They heard the four-bedroom building on a hill outside Stratford-upon-Avon will absorb ...

At a Monday afternoon press conference, VINES members were joined by local leaders to announce the opening of VINES' new ...

or bioregion... to design and build Rainwater… Rob and Michelle Avis 4. Carbon-Free Infrastructure and Construction Chris constructed the first permitted straw bale house in Ontario in 1996.

Gundua Health Centre is one the institutions and individuals who have embraced the straw bale technology to build houses in the area. They say the technology is not only cheap, but also ensures ...

(Channel 4) One of the most impressive cheap builds to ever feature on the show came during its first year with the Straw Bale House, which cost just £78,000 to build. The property was made from ...

On a sunlit rise with sweeping views of Bass Strait, this straw-bale home breathes ... Photo: Supplied As the house evolved from a building project into a home of comfort and celebration, it ...