The seven homes in Shirehampton, Bristol were constructed as part of an EU-funded joint research project with the University of Bath and the architectural firm Modcell. The team behind the project ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yvon Chouinard and the architect who designed his Ventura, California, home explain why the waste material is the next step in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A time-honored method of construction will find new expression as a Columbia building company shows off its home built of ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- How far would you go to get a house that only costs $1.25 a day to heat in the winter? Better question: Would you live in a house built with straw bales? That idea, which began in ...

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.

PARADISE — Straw bale house owners Delayne Stoneman and Eric Brzescinski were thrilled to see people coming to see the progress of the building of their house Oct. 12. Several interested parties ...

Kenyans are increasingly embracing straw bale technology, which uses materials made entirely out of farm waste, to build cheaper and environmentally-friendly dream homes, writes KEVIN OGUOKO Jackline ...

BROWNSVILLE, Ore. (AP) - A Brownsville couple is building Linn County's first straw-bale house. Don Andrews and his partner, Cheryl Haworth, have purchased some 325 bales of wheat straw from a local ...

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 ...

A couple in Brownsville, Oregon is building Linn County’s first straw-bale house. [Don] Andrews, director of the nonprofit community service group Sharing Hands, and his partner, Cheryl Haworth, who ...

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 the ...