Blakey plans to live “off the grid” by using ... The house is the first of its kind in Oneida County – the nearest straw bale house is in Madison County. “It's probably definitely a ...

As first-time builders, they combined elements from various approaches ”“ a straw bale house with a gravel foundation, a floor made from second-hand pallets, a composting toilet, and a permaculture ...

Finishing the plans was the least of their worries — the county had never permitted a straw bale house, their banker was less than enthusiastic about the project and insurance agents were leery.

The Capp brothers included plans for a commercial self-contained ... They will move in to the straw bale house when it's finished, tear down the farmhouse and build another, slightly bigger ...

said he had two Douglas County clients shelve plans for building straw-bale homes. Douglas County resident John Clem also abandoned the idea. “There has never been one built in the county, ...

Straw-bale building has grown rapidly over the last ... marked by the Depression." Plans for his house were drawn by Harrison with architect Janet Johnston and Swearingen. The composer outlined ...

In straw-bale construction, bales of straw are used ... as well as engineer-approved building plans, according to their fundraising site. They are in the process of getting building permits.

A time-honored method of construction will find new expression as a Columbia building company shows off its home built of prefabricated straw bale panels. The house, which its builders believe is ...

While they have no plans to install plumbing ... Students from a class in straw bale construction from North House Folk School in Grand Marais are doing their class project at the Normans ...

Atelier Kaiser Shen has used straw bale-construction to create an interlocking semi-detached house in the village of Pfaffenhofen, Germany. Appropriately named Straw Bale House, the dwelling near ...