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 ...
A tiny house built mostly from straw is drawing attention for flipping one of childhood's most familiar stories on its head. A team at Princeton University built a 150-square-foot tiny house outside ...
Somewhere out on the dry scrublands, a house made of mud and straw is doing something that a brand-new air-conditioned home cannot. It sits in full afternoon heat, breathes through its walls, and ...
Driving around Idaho, you’ll find countless barns filled with straw bales. These big blocks of plant fibers make great beds if you’re a horse, but they could also line the walls of your forever home.
With a $50,000 award for Phase 1 of New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) Natural Carbon Solutions Innovation Challenge, Greene County company Build With Nature is ...
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 ...
Two castoffs of a typical Minnesota farm, straw and the stalks of hemp plants, are becoming valuable as building materials. The state is on track to become the first to authorize straw and hemp in ...
FREEHOLD, N.Y. (NEWS10) — You’re most likely familiar with the story of The Three Little Pigs, but did you know there are actually houses in the area built with straw? With a $50,000 award for Phase 1 ...