A longtime Youtheatre participant, a local architect-turned-artist and a Philharmonic volunteer will receive special honors March 19 during the Arts United Awards.

Straw-bale construction was cultivated around 125 years ago in Nebraska, according to a press release from Monarch Architecture. The approach has gained real popularity in Europe over the past ...

Straw-bale construction was cultivated around 125 years ago in Nebraska, according to a press release from Monarch Architecture. The approach has gained real popularity in Europe over the past ...

Instead, the Amsterdam-based pair envisioned a home with a minimal ecological footprint. As first-time builders, they combined elements from various approaches ”“ a straw bale house with a gravel ...

VINES unveils new offices, first commercial straw bale building in the Northeast VINES is a non-profit founded in 2007 to create and sustain community gardens and other food access programs in the ...

Welsh agriculture could benefit from the use of sustainable and locally sourced materials such as straw in the construction industry, according to a Mid Wales architect.

The first straw bale house currently being built in the area was viewed Oct. 12 by the architect, the owners and several interested parties at the house’s location in Paradise.

That's when her dream of building her straw bale house started to fall apart. "It starts that you actually need an architect that is Yukon-licensed, which, it's hard to find someone who knows how ...

The result is detailed in a short film Patagonia released earlier this month called “Home, Grown.” It shows the sleeves-up, hands-dirty process of building a straw bale home on Chouinard’s ...

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.