Straw Bale Building

Why Build With Straw Bales? - Homestead In The Holler

Building a straw bale and plaster house is a low-cost and environmentally friendly way to create a home. This guide covers the materials and methods you might use to build a straw bale house, a house that can last hundreds of years, is...

Over the weekend I attended an event to learn about straw bale home construction - a sustainable building material that benefits the planet instead hurts it. They also talked about regenerative agriculture, permaculture, and ethically sourced mezcal. It was really cool, and I want to share just a li

Here are some images of sustainable low impact development in action. With access to the proper resources, we can build a real and beautiful alternative to the destructive effects of modern living…

Nach Plänen von Prof. Gernot Minke und Arch. Zuzana Kierulvova, die auch Netzwerkerin in der Slovakei ist entstand dieser Dom auf 5 lasttragenden Strohballen-Gewölben. Dabei wurde zuerst auf einem Schaumglasfundament eine OSB-Box mit Konstruktionsholz für die Fenster und Eingangstüre errichtet, dann tragende Rundhölzer, auf der die obere Kuppel ruht und danach wurden die Wände lasttragend […]

When building, the question of what type of mesh to use in a straw bale build is a big one. I show the use of 14 gauge welded wire mesh in my videos...

In this video, you can see how we built complete STRAW BALE HOUSE. Built costs around 20k. House is located in Slovenia.You can support the channel here:http...

It was important to Julia and John to build a house in a way that was respectful of the environment and that would be sustainable to live in long-term. It took three years from when they started building to before they were able to move in, but it's because they did nearly all the work themselves.

Day seven started out earlier than usual as we were ending the day a little earlier and we were loosing a couple of people who had to head home because of distance and work. We were still very much behind schedule. With Andrew being ill much of the week we had not completed as much

Looking for a guide to building using straw bale? It's more common than you might think. Here, we look at all the ins and outs of straw bale construction.