10 Sensational Homes Built From Straw. Written by Ryan Hollitz | 19 December 2009 Posted in Blog - Green Building New building materials could really make your house green from the ground up!
Straw! :) via [thedailygreen.com] In the classic story of the Three Little Pigs‚ a naive piglet decides to build his home out of straw, which soon gets the huff and puff treatment by a big bad wolf, resulting in the poor little pig's untimely end. Many may wonder why a person would want to build a home made out of straw, but apart from providing a place to hide from the big bad wolf, they have some substantial benefits. Read on to discover just how right that first little pig was to build his home out of straw. Photos: Brett Weinstein/Realty Advocates 1. This unique, beautiful straw bale home in Oakland, California recently carried a $1.1 million price tag. Photo: JD Peterson 2. This gorgeous home, perched on owner Henry Siegel's 2 1/2-acre leafy lot, offers panoramic views and cozy comfort.
Photo: University of Bath. Gallery: Favorite Images: StrawBale.com. The Straw House - A Set On Flickr. Toby And Liz's Strawbale Abode. Toby and Liz's strawbale abode I thought I would put up a few pictures from the past.
A couple years ago some friends of mine, Toby and Liz, decided to hold a "straw raising" party to get some help putting up the walls of their soon to be guest house out in the Arizona Desert. They needed to build the guest house first in order to have a place to stay while they built their main house out of tires. They did all of the tedious prep work and all the finish work. About 20 of us spent 2 days helping them with the easy stuff—putting up the walls. Toby and Liz built this casita the way everyone should...they let the building build itself. Here I am playing with chicken wire.
After the first day's plastering. Notice shoulder high by the door you can see the large snake head that Toby is creating beginning to take shape. A finished interior shelf up high. Bed loft with skylight and cool window. Awesome little kitchen Here they made a really cool copper "skylight" around the opening for the chimney. Recycled Hay Bale Eco-Friendly House Construction. $6,260 Strawbale House In Scotland. $6,260 strawbale house in Scotland Steve built a £4000 ($6,260) unpermitted house in Scotland a few years back with local materials.
(He hopes to build it for less next time.) The results are marvelous as you can see. His websites are packed with wonderful photos and drawings that show the details. Now you know why I get so excited about natural building, especially when there are no codes to deal with. Large workshop Some interesting stuff here: Note: the average house price in Britain is above £220,000. A House of Straw. Straw Bale House - Charity Builds - Moab Utah. Posted by Jeffrey | Posted in Community Rebuilds - Straw Bale Home | Posted on 14-03-2013 Project led by: Eric Plourde of Community Rebuilds Location: Moab, UT Date: August – December 2012 Community Rebuilds is a non-profit, building straw bale houses for low income families in Moab, Utah.
This house was completed, start to finish in 4 months, by a team of 10. The house is a 1000sq ft, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom straw bale home. The outside is finished with lime, while the inside received clay based plaster throughout and an earthen floor. All photographs ©Whit Richardson. Strawdio - A Straw Studio. Caroline Barry - Strawbale House.