Wheat straw could be used as a sustainable alternative to regulate temperatures in homes and commercial buildings, a new study says. The insulation in our homes and buildings has come at a hidden cost ...

"The strength of the home actually comes from the framing." Owner of handmade mud home debunks common concerns with ancient ...

The old clubhouse of the local football club in Dailliens, near Lausanne, needed to be replaced. Localarchitecture designed an elegant new building with a sweeping roof edge and straw bale insulation.

Straw bale sculptures of tractors, animals and a combine harvester have been created by young farmers as part of an annual competition. Five Cambridgeshire groups are competing against each other ...

Four sisters have created a children's playground and maze at their Oxfordshire farm using 300 bales of straw. Emily, Katy, Lucy and Jess have opened the Big Bale Play at High Lodge Farm in Culham ...

Hundreds of straw bales have been arranged in a maze layout, like last year's event (pictured) Four sisters have created a children's playground and maze at their Oxfordshire farm using 300 bales ...