Interior designer Marcia Wolff wanted a house that's energy-efficient, ecologically sensitive, fire-resistant and, above all, beautiful. So she chose a building material that might surprise some ...
Small courtyards with fountains and seating areas are on different sides of the house. A pool and jacuzzi were added several ...
Dear Jim: I want a natural way to build an energy efficient house without plastics, foams, adhesives, etc. Straw bale houses seem to be natural. Is the straw bale construction efficient for low ...
The straw bale home of Elise Lang and her husband, Michael Pierce, was finished in 2001. SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH Winding under the canopy of trees shading the long driveway, goats and sheep peered at ...
Near the end of a dirt road that weaves in and out of the woods outside Farmington, Ga., sits a tasteful Southern farmhouse owned by Elise Lang and Michael Pierce. Its wide hip roof and the deep eaves ...
Roberta Strickler Jan 19, 2007 Jan 19, 2007 Updated Sep 11, 2013 Straw bale houses of the western Nebraska prairies were comfortable places built where there were no trees or sod. In Lancaster County, ...
Dear Jim: I want a natural way to build an energy efficient house without plastics, foams, adhesives, etc. Straw bale houses seem to be natural. Is the straw bale construction efficient for low ...
When Gavin Tenold started in the construction industry in his early 20s, his sole focus was finding a job where he could make good money but not cut into precious skiing time. Little did he know these ...
When Canterbury-based vets Laura and Phil Stoakes decided to build a straw bale house, they didn’t have to go far for materials - they bought all 400 straw bales from a wheat farmer down the road. The ...
In Clinton, Mary Ellen Blakey is building a straw house even the Big Bad Wolf couldn’t blow down. Nearly 10 years ago, Blakey read a magazine article about straw bale houses, which piqued her ...
"She had this vision for a straw-bale house, so I did a lot of reading and she got the California straw-bale codes and then we designed the house," Boeck said. Once the plans were drawn, Fletcher ...
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