The Straw Bale in the City 3-part series walks readers through the codes, costs, and construction of a straw-bale build on a non-rural property. Part 1 covers issues with building codes and managing ...

The Eichler family - mom Monika, dad David, 5-month-old Elyse and six-year-old Lauren - live in a straw bale home in Leavenworth County just northeast of Lawrence. On the outskirts of David and Monika ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yvon Chouinard and the architect who designed his Ventura, California, home explain why the waste material is the next step in the ...

When Mike Evans and his colleagues at the Tree of Life Nursery near San Juan Capistrano began constructing some of their buildings in straw more than 10 years ago, they had good reasons: The buildings ...

BERKELEY — The three little pigs got it wrong, says Craig Alderson, who chose straw over bricks for the cottage he’s building in his south Berkeley backyard. The walls of the 438-square-foot dwelling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Straw bale greenhouse supporting a pvc tunnel. If you have never considered using a straw bale greenhouse, the first question is: ...

Pierre Constans, worm farmer and landscape designer, stood back and gazed at his little straw hut. “Are you familiar with the ‘Three Little Pigs’?” he asked. In the children’s tale, the Big Bad Wolf ...

BERKELEY — The three little pigs got it wrong, says Craig Alderson, who chose straw over bricks for the cottage he’s building in his south Berkeley backyard. The walls of the 438-square-foot dwelling ...

BERKELEY — The three little pigs got it wrong, says Craig Alderson, who chose straw over bricks for the cottage he’s building in his south Berkeley backyard. The walls of the 438-square-foot dwelling ...