Over the past few years, Africa has been experiencing a significant shift toward sustainable architecture, with straw bale ...

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 ...

“Straw bale is not as heavy as stones. Because of this, one does not need a deep and overly strong foundation. This makes the construction of the house cheaper,” says Kinyua ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...