Straw Bale Houses

Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction Guide for All Climates (Real Goods Solar Living Book.) by Paul Lacinski, Michel Bergeron

In 1994, when Chelsea Green published The Straw Bale more...1 point

In 1994, when Chelsea Green published The Straw Bale House , the response from many people was a loud, "Huh?!" Those days are gone. With more than 100,000 copies sold, and straw bale projects underway in most regions of North America, we've entered a new era. Even building-code officials and insurance companies now look favorably upon straw bale buildings, with their extraordinary energy efficiency and wise use of agricultural waste for construction materials. Bergeron and Lacinski's new book is...1 point

Building With Awareness - The Construction of a Hybrid Home

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Even if you've read all the books, it can still seem daunting to jump into the construction process of building your own straw bale home. What is it like and what can you do yourself? This inspiring video shows you the entire process, step-by-step, from start to finish. You will have a front-row seat on the work site, learning from the experts as they notch and stack the bales and mix the mud. "Building With Awareness" will give you a solid understanding of the structure as a whole and how every...0 points

Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods Earth Plaster * Straw Bale * Cordwood * Cob * Living Roofs by Clarke Snell, Tim Callahan

Clarke Snell and Timothy L. Callahan, whose popular more...0 points

Clarke Snell and Timothy L. Callahan, whose popular Good House Book helped environmentally-minded readers create an earth-friendly home, have returned with a photo-packed, amazingly complete, start-to-finish guide to "green" housebuilding. This absolutely groundbreaking manual doesn't just talk about eco-friendly building techniques, but actually shows every step! More than 1,200 close-up photographs, along with in-depth descriptions, follow the real construction of an alternative house from sit...0 points

Building a Straw Bale House: The Red Feather Construction Handbook by Nathaniel Corum

"This book is a timely and important tool for more...0 points

"This book is a timely and important tool for the empowerment of communities facing housing deficits. The Red Feather project is extremely important; it is truly making a difference."-Jane Goodall For more than a decade the Red Feather Development Group, a volunteer-based organization, has built and repaired straw bale houses for Native Americans. Somewhere along the way-and this was certainly not the plan-they created an architectural phenomenon: This inexpensive, environmentally...0 points

The Straw Bale House (A Real Goods Independent Living Book) by Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill Steen, David Bainbridge

Get a leg up on the first Little Pig with The Straw more...0 points

Get a leg up on the first Little Pig with The Straw Bale House, your guide to inexpensive, durable, earth-friendly construction that will stand up to much more than the Big Bad Wolf. Authors Athena Swentzell Steen and Bill Steen founded the Canelo Project, which promotes innovative building; David Bainbridge is a California restoration ecologist; and David Eisenberg is an alternative-materials builder who pioneered straw bale wall testing. Between them, they have encyclopedic knowledge of their....0 points

Strawbale Home Plans by Wayne Bingham, Colleen Smith

30 Plans to inspire you to build your strawbale dream more...0 points

30 Plans to inspire you to build your strawbale dream home. 0 points

Small Strawbale by Bill Steen, Athena Steen, Wayne Bingham

This practical guide is filled with rich photos of more...0 points

This practical guide is filled with rich photos of homes, greenhouses, studios, sheds, open-air structures and more, each pulsating with unique yet subtle creativity. Both a pragmatic construction manual and a philosophical, artistic guidebook, Small Strawbale is an inspirational starting point for a strawbale dreamer, and a great source of information for those who are ready to get bailing.< BR>0 points

Living Homes: Integrated Design & Construction by Thomas J. Elpel

Integrated Design and Construction The house of your more...0 points

Integrated Design and Construction The house of your Dreams does not have to be expensive. The key is all in the planning. How much a house costs, how it looks, how comfortable it is, how energy-efficient it is-all these things occur on paper before you pick up even one tool. A little extra time spent in the planning process can save tens of thousands of dollars in construction and maintenance. That is time well spent! Living Homes takes you through the planning process to design an energy-...0 points

Building With Awareness: The Construction of a Hybrid Home DVD and Guidebook by Ted Owens

Constructing a straw bale solar home requires the merging more...0 points

Constructing a straw bale solar home requires the merging of solar design with alternative building techniques. Books are useful for accessing information on these topics quickly and easily, while videos are a great way to show actual building methods and techniques firsthand. The Building with Awareness DVD/guidebook combination brings you the best of both worlds. The award-winning DVD is inspiring and informative, with over five hours of material on every aspect of building a green home. The....0 points

The Good House Book: A Common-Sense Guide to Alternative Homebuilding Solar * Straw Bale * Cob * Adobe * Earth Plaster * & More (A Natural Home Book) by Clarke Snell

From Lark Books and Natural Home magazine-which has more...0 points

From Lark Books and Natural Home magazine-which has a circulation of 200,000-comes an illustrated, unique guide to building an earth-friendly home.To create a dwelling that's both ecologically sustainable and attractive, Natural Home magazine is the place to go. With this exquisitely illustrated guide, packed with 400 photos and illustrations, anyone can put environmentally friendly ideas into beautiful practice. Here's an intelligent look at how a home is supposed to functio...0 points

Design of Straw Bale Buildings; The State of the Art by Bruce King

For the first time, a design manual for practicing more...0 points

For the first time, a design manual for practicing professionals, as well as teachers, is made available, drawing on the collective experience of the most senior and respected figures in the rapidly-emerging field of straw bale construction.0 points

EcoNest: Creating Sustainable Sanctuaries of Clay, Straw, and Timber by Paula Baker-Laporte, Robert Laporte

EcoNest identifies homes designed and built respec more...0 points

EcoNest identifies homes designed and built respectfully, in appreciation of the harmony and beauty of nature and in a way that uses nature's resources so as to consume less energy, create less waste, nurture our health, and enrich our senses. < BR> A bird builds its nest using the materials at hand to create a perfect shelter for its bioregion. It doesn't fly to the next state for twigs nor does it build a home that is bigger than it needs. Instinctively it creates an environment that is nur...0 points

Buildings of Earth and Straw: Structural Design for Rammed Earth and Straw-Bale Architecture by Bruce King

Straw bale and rammed earth construction are enjoying more...0 points

Straw bale and rammed earth construction are enjoying a fantastic growth spurt in the United States and abroad. When interest turns to action, however, builders can encounter resistance from mainstream construction and lending communities unfamiliar with these materials. Buildings of Earth and Straw is written by structural engineer Bruce King, and provides technical data from an engineer's perspective. Information includes: special construction requirements of earth and straw; design capab...0 points

The Beauty of Straw Bale Homes by Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill Steen

While enthusiasts of straw bales praise the exceptional more...0 points

While enthusiasts of straw bales praise the exceptional energy efficiency of bale buildings, and the wise use of resources involved in utilizing an agricultural byproduct as an affordable construction material, the real reason straw bales have excited builders and homeowners nationwide goes beyond energy conservation, resource recycling, and affordability. People love straw bale homes because they are so often extraordinarily beautiful and inviting.In the past two decades, the bale-building rena...0 points

New Strawbale Home, The by Catherine Wanek

Although straw bale construction is beginning to enter more...0 points

Although straw bale construction is beginning to enter the mainstream, many people continue to wonder what a straw bale house looks like. The New Strawbale Home answers definitively, "Anything you want!" Innovative architects and builders are reinventing this century-old technology to create thick-walled modern houses of unsurpassed natural beauty. The New Strawbale Home compiles floor plans and images from thirty cutting-edge homes across North America, from California to Quebec, New Mexico to...0 points

Straw Bale Details: A Manual for Designers and Builders (Natural Building Series) by Chris Magwood

Straw Bale Details is the perfect companion for those more...0 points

Straw Bale Details is the perfect companion for those who are serious about building with straw. It focuses entirely on the specific design theories and practices that result in well-built, long-lasting bale structures. It extends the range of books like Straw Bale Building through large, easy-to-read architectural drawings rendered for a wide variety of building options, including load-bearing and post-and-beam designs. A range of foundation, wall, door and window, and roof-plate scenarios is p...0 points

Straw Bale Building: How to plan, design and build with straw by Chris Magwood, Peter Mack

Straw bale buildings speak to a part of us that insists more...0 points

Straw bale buildings speak to a part of us that insists that we should be able to build our own homes with our own hands. We look at pictures of a bale wall being raised and immediately think: I could do that! Straw bale houses are easy to build, inexpensive, super energy efficient, environmentally friendly, attractive, and - most of al l - can be designed to match the builder's personal space needs, aesthetics, and budget. It's no wonder that straw bale houses are growing in popularity. Most st...0 points

Living Homes: Thomas J. Elpel's Field Guide to Integrated Design and Construction by Thomas J. Elpel

The house of your Dreams does not have to be expensive. more...0 points

The house of your Dreams does not have to be expensive. The key is all in the planning. How much a house costs, how it looks, how comfortable it is, how energy-efficient it is-all these things occur on paper before you pick up even one tool. A little extra time in the planning process can save you tens of thousands of dollars in construction and maintenance. That is time well spent! Living Homes takes you through the planning process to design an energy and resource efficient home that won%...0 points

Mini Straw Bale 5"X2-1/2"X2-1/2" 1/Pkg-

FLORACRAFT-Mini Straw Bale. With its rich golden c more...0 points

FLORACRAFT-Mini Straw Bale. With its rich golden color Straw adds a special earthy accent as a base for a floral design centerpiece or home decor piece. This straw is particularly brilliant naturally bleached in the warm Mexican sun for decorator appeal. It looks superior is firmer and stays together which means less shedding. Size: 5x2 1/2x2 1/2. 1 per package.0 points

Building Your Straw Bale Home (Landlinks Press) by Brian Hodge

This practical guide is written especially for the more...0 points

This practical guide is written especially for the owner-builder and provides step-by-step instructions supported by diagrams and photographs. It covers the construction process from site preparation through to foundations, concrete slabs, strip footings and stumps. Special techniques for straw bale construction and the integration of these techniques with those of conventional house building are also covered, including floors, timber wall-frames, ceilings and roof framing. Advice is offered on....0 points

More Straw Bale Building: A Complete Guide to Designing and Building with Straw (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series) by Chris Magwood, Peter Mack

Straw bale houses are easy to build, affordable, super more...0 points

Straw bale houses are easy to build, affordable, super energy efficient, environmentally friendly, attractive, and can be designed to match the builder's personal space needs, esthetics and budget. Despite mushrooming interest in the technique, however, most straw bale books focus on "selling" the dream of straw bale building, but don't adequately address the most critical issues faced by bale house builders. Moreover, since many developments in this field are recent, few books are completely up...0 points

Build It With Bales: A Step-By-Step Guide to Straw-Bale Construction, Version Two by S. O. MacDonald, Matts Myhrman

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