But Bob Perritt knows better. Perritt, a builder from Amherst, Ohio, was involved in the construction of a small straw-bale structure at a recent home and garden show in Cleveland. The structure ...

Indiana the Straw Bale Eco Center was a community project between Ball State University Department of Architecture students, professors, building professionals, elementary school students and the ...

A few of the elements that make up Joe and Shelly Trumpey’s Grass Lake home don’t sound like the normal elements of a building plan. Straw bales. Soy-based insulation. Recycled newspaper.

It shows the sleeves-up, hands-dirty process of building a straw bale home on Chouinard’s plot in a middle-class, suburban Ventura neighborhood. A centuries-old building practice, straw bale ...

“It’s something that’s been done for hundreds of years.” Proponents of modern straw-bale construction highlight the sustainability of sourcing materials from local farms and natural ...

More specifically, about how such a widely available agricultural byproduct makes for an ideal building material. In fact, the concept of straw bale construction had seeded in his mind long ago ...

VINES — Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments, Inc. — set the first straw bale at 157 Susquehanna St. Thursday, marking a ceremonial start to construction of its new home in the ...

BINGHAMTON (WBNG) -- The Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments, Inc., or VINES, is set for the new headquarters building to place its first straw bale at the Susquehanna Street location.