Established in 2013, Huff and Puff designs and advises on straw bale houses, which it says are both more sustainable and slightly cheaper to build than the brick and cement equivalent, and offer ...

Balecob, a hybrid of straw and cob house building techniques, can offer unique flexibility to the natural builder. ... and on my small pig hut, I stopped at a mere 4 inches).

The house, which its builders believe is the first ever in Missouri, will be open to the public from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at 9765 S. Smith Hatchery Road.

Straw insulation is a relatively new technology, which gained popularity in Europe and was approved in the 2015 International Residential Code in the U.S. Using straw instead of typical insulation ...

The house, which its builders believe is the first ever in Missouri, will be open to the public from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at 9765 S. Smith Hatchery Road.

How to Build a Cob House Step by Step. Prepare the mixture. Cob is a mixture of approximately 1 part clay, 4 ­parts sand, and 1 part straw. You can buy bagged clay in powdered form (go to Laguna ...

The house, which its builders believe is the first ever in Missouri, will be open to the public from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at 9765 S. Smith Hatchery Road.