Sentences with phrase «straw bales»

He has been building straw bale houses for eight years, as well as other green buildings.

Whenever I'm discussing the concept of straw bale building with someone, they invariably bring up those famous pigs, and who am I to argue with fairy tale wisdom?

A tour of straw bale houses led them to nearby Eden Mills, a community striving to be the first in North America to be carbon neutral.

In it, a lot is covered from how we converted our closet into a master bedroom, to living in a 125 sqft pop up tent trailer in Baja with our 12 year old daughter, to designing your home to reflect your personal connection and love with nature, to the role of straw bale construction in the tiny house movement, and how to create your own off - grid forever home with your own two hands.

A Truth Window — a small door that reveals the elements behind the plaster — is a tradition in straw bale houses and serves a source of surprise and delight as guests get to see what the walls are made of.

There is good diversity in the buildings featured within, demonstrating what is possible with straw bale construction.

The metal structure means that there is a piece of thermally conductive metal going through the wall, which reduces the insulation benefit of straw bale wall construction.

We're struggling to get straw bales for sitting at the workshop we're doing at Lovebox.

There is a lot to love in Charlie's little house, built from straw bale and found wood, with a green roof.

I saw an interesting interview on the lunchtime news last week about a fun way to garden called straw bale gardening.

These include a set of straw bale cottages, a City Hall, a factory and some row - houses.

I have been party to several straw bale structures that could certainly fit the description of tiny.

The studio is constructed of straw bale as well, with one interior wall of adobe brick.

A tiny straw bale home for # 10,000 in Poland.

Tiny Straw Bale Cabin with Passive Solar Green Roof - VIDEO.

Ross's installation is a juxtaposition of materials where sculpted straw bales intersect and envelop three massive boulders, creating an interplay of opposites.

Rare opportunity to own an elegant, energy efficient straw bale home in beautiful Timberdale Ranch.

Custom straw bale house on a completely private, 35 acre wooded mountain site with magnificent views...

The house is built with Naturebuilt prefabricated straw bale above grade, Durisol insulated blocks below, with a little cellulose thrown in.

Farmer who built secret castle behind straw bales loses court bid to save it from demolition.

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With its passive solar design, its massively insulated stuccoed straw bale walls, its heavily insulated roof, and its high efficiency radiant heat and air conditioning systems, this home will use very little energy.

There are tons of courses around the US led by experts that want to teach you all about straw bale building, cob homes, earth bag construction, earthships, renewable energy installation and much, much more.

Footprint, The National Trust's first straw bale building.

For edibles, consider straw bale gardening for tomatoes and cucumbers and pretty trellises or arbors for vining crops like string beans and ornamental gourds.

I have a lot of straw bales around the sides of my porch to help block the wind and also have covered beds under a swing and because there is an elec source, some little heated pet pads...

In 1983 a chicane was put at the last curve to slow the cars into the pit straight and the Degner curve was made into two corners instead of one long curve; the circuit was also made considerably safer by adding more crash barriers, more run - off areas and removing straw bales leading into vegetation;

With the right design principles there are very very few places where straw bale would not do well.

This unique, beautiful straw bale home in Oakland, California recently carried a $ 1.1 million price tag.

Natural autumnal elements like cornhusks, weathered wood, and straw bales make this monochromatic porch from Our Vintage Home Love feel rich and earthy.

It's not a coincidence that most straw bale houses are built on their own land as opposed to in subdivisions.

(One of the more amusing scenarios involves a county in the Midwest that allows straw bale houses, but only so long as they're registered as boat houses.

They offer scenic tractor wagon rides through our beautiful orchard including a stop at the pumpkin patch and straw bale maze.

The winery building at the Ridge Lytton Springs facility in Dry Creek Valley boasts straw bales as infill for the post-and-beam structure.

Always open are the the Fun Farm Yard, with animal barn, giant sandbox, straw bale jumping.

In a new straw bale winery, Lemon makes wine from Chardonnay and Pinot noir grapes that originated in Burgundy.

Our next stop was down the street to pick up a few straw bales.

The building was constructed using straw bale design with passive solar and natural lighting throughout the facility.

In February of 2006, I responded to an email from a California builder recently returned from the earthquake devastated region of northern Pakistan, and volunteered my professional services for a pilot straw bale building project.

Taking inspiration from the rhythm of the line of trees adjacent to the site, the facade is innovatively formed from prefabricated modular straw bale panels, locally produced using straw sourced from the University's own farmland.

Ms. Donovan has created and leads a nonprofit group, Pakistan Straw Bale and Appropriate Building, that is focused on spreading information about the construction method and helping communities do the building.

The panels they offer are made up of a timber frame packed with deep straw bale, which is then topped by a wood fiber breather board.

An amazing Straw Bale construct...

This contractor built, super comfortable, quality, healthy straw bale home - utilizes passive solar...