Kevin's isn't the only house to be built from straw in the area, which made getting council approval easier. "There's been a few built round here like this. "There are two methods of building ...

VINES is growing in Binghamton, and setting a new industry standard for green construction in the process. VINES — Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments, Inc. — set the first straw ...

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.

A Montana couple spent $20,000 building a 2-bedroom house, and now they're debt-free. There's just one catch: The house is made of clay, sand, and straw.

Could straw houses be the buildings of the future? That's what researchers at the University of Bath will be testing this summer by constructing a "BaleHaus" made of prefabricated straw bale and ...

Michael Riccitelli always wanted to try straw bale construction. So when his wife, Christine Farnandis, a yoga instructor/therapist, suggested he build her a yoga studio behind their house, the ...

Q: I want a natural way to build an energy efficient house. Straw seems to be natural. Is straw bale construction efficient? A: Straw is considered a waste product from farming and it creates a ...

A house made from straw, water, mud and hemp - said to be the first of its kind in the UK - has gone on sale for £600,000. Known as the Cob House, construction of the three-bedroom property in ...

Made of a mixture of clay, straw, water, and sand, cob houses may be new to many folks in the United States, but they've been around for thousands of years and have been known to last for centuries.

A house made from straw, water, mud and hemp - said to be the first of its kind in the UK - has gone on sale for £600,000. Known as the Cob House, construction of the three-bedroom property in ...