Pierre Constans, worm farmer and landscape designer, stood back and gazed at his little straw hut. “Are you familiar with the ‘Three Little Pigs’?” he asked. In the children’s tale, the ...

House made with straw withstands huffs, puffs of energy wolf. Updated: Jan. 22, ... “Most people think we’re living in a little mud hut and growing hemp in the back yard or something. ...

The straw-bale house, once found only in the sticks, is coming to town. From Laguna Beach to the Bay Area, building officials are giving their blessing to straw-bale houses cropping up between ...

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 ...

Deep in the forest, we discovered a forgotten straw house that once belonged to a 90-year-old woman. Time has stood still here—vintage furniture, worn books, and quiet traces of a long life ...

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.