This is a spiral straw bale house in County Mayo, Ireland.
The design is based on the geometry of the nautilus shell. It
stands on a foundation of local limestone. The house was built
in 2003 by the then Amazonails, now Barbara Jones of
Straw Works and Bee Rowan of
Strawbuild
with the help of over 100
volunteers, 80% of them women with no previous construction
experience. |