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 ...

The idea of a straw building might bring to mind a medieval homestead, or perhaps the fairy-tale dwelling of The Three Little Pigs. Used since the 19th century—typically as a rural, rustic building ...

The utilisation of straw bales in construction has attracted growing interest as a sustainable alternative to conventional building materials. Straw bale construction integrates agricultural ...

David and Carrie Chew live in a house made of straw. It has two bathrooms, a modern kitchen and a packed earthen floor. The exterior walls are made with stacked wheat straw bales covered in plaster.

In contrast, conventional building materials, such as timber and concrete, are scarce. "Straw-bale construction represents a shift in building materials in Kenya," he said. The straw bales that ...

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 ...

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 ...

With a $50,000 award for Phase 1 of New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) Natural Carbon Solutions Innovation Challenge, Greene County company Build With Nature is ...

Interest in building with earthen and other natural materials — such as adobe — spiked in the wake of Eaton and Palisades fires. Architects and engineers say that L.A. County’s approval process for ...