Straw Bale Homes around the World
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This is a collection of shortcuts to pictures of
straw bale homes from all over the world. Click on any of the
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Straw bale house, Italy
This was the first straw bale house built in
Italy. It's a timber frame infill with clay plasters on the
inside and lime plaster on the exterior and earthen floors. |
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Straw bale house, Denmark
Poula-Line built her straw bale home in Fri &
Fro (Free and Happy) ecoVillage in Egebjerg, Denmark. |
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Straw bale roundhouse, USA
The clay plastering and earthen floor was done
by Anna Wolfson and the thatched roof is by William Cahill. |
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Straw bale house, USA
The straw bale home has a phragmite reed
thatched roof, earthen plasters with natural paints and uses
solar electricity. |
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Straw bale barn, England
It's a two storey load bearing straw bale
barn. The ground and first floor are for bird-watching. |
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Tiny straw bale house, Denmark
This is Poula's tiny straw bale room.
She built it as a temporary place to live while she was
building her straw bale home. |
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Straw bale house, Poland This is a straw bale home built
by natural building architect Paulina. The cosy cottage is
near Warsaw in Poland. |
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Straw bale living room, Wales
This is Rachel's living room inside her straw
bale home in Wales. The home stands on a hill up a narrow path
above the 12th century Abbey. |
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Straw bale winery, USA
The building is the straw bale tasting room at Black Ankle
Vineyard in Mount Airy, Maryland, USA. |
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Straw bale home, Canada
Chris built the straw bale house in 2004 using earthen
plasters and all local materials. It's an off-grid home
without a straight wall in the house. |
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Straw bale house, Wales
How wonderful to wake to the sun streaming in
the window of the straw bale home you built with your young
family as it lights the view of the Welsh valleys. |
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Straw bale house, Wales
The structure of the house comes from the
interlaced bales pinned with hazel rods and plastered with
lime. |
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Straw bale cottage, USA
The cottage has a rubble trench foundation
with exterior straw bale walls plastered with lime outside and
clay inside. |
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