Richard Venberg owned a custom furniture/cabinet shop in Colorado when he took a major step toward becoming an architect and one of Minnesota’s leading advocates of straw-bale construction. “Basically ...

Light Straw Clay Construction (New Society Publishers, 2017) by Lydia Doleman is an essential how-to guide for those looking to start light straw clay projects. From the basics of LSC to project plans ...

Ventura County issued its first permit Friday for a straw-bale building, approving construction of a reception center at the Ojai Foundation’s spiritual retreat. The permit will allow use of straw ...

Would you build a house of straw? Contrary to the childhood story of the big, bad wolf that huffed and puffed and easily blew down the little pig's house, straw can be an excellent building material.

Straw panels on display at Environmental Home Center in Seattle have been whitewashed to reveal the natural color of the formaldehyde-free board. With world population expected to hit 8 billion-10 ...

On October 8, 2005, the northern mountainous region of Pakistan was struck by a magnitude Mw = 7.6 earthquake which killed an estimated 100,000 people, destroyed over 780,000 buildings and rendered ...

VINES is growing in Binghamton, and setting a new industry standard for green construction in the process. VINES — Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments, Inc. — set the first straw bale at ...

When you hear about a straw bale building, you might think of a big bad wolf huffing and puffing. But these houses are not just in fairy tales. Builders in San Diego County are turning to straw bales ...

A nonprofit is hoping to ease the California housing crunch with a building method that is centuries old—stacking bales of ...

Straw bale houses of the western Nebraska prairies were comfortable places built where there were no trees or sod. In Lancaster County, straw - the leftover stalks of wheat, rye, oats or, sometimes, ...

Willows >> Work has begun on CalPlant 1 LLC, which will eventually be turning post-harvest rice straw into fiberboard for furniture construction. For weeks, truck after truck has been delivering baled ...

FREEHOLD, N.Y. (NEWS10) — You’re most likely familiar with the story of The Three Little Pigs, but did you know there are actually houses in the area built with straw? With a $50,000 award for Phase 1 ...