Straw remnants have been ingeniously repurposed into green materials used in the production of furniture. At the foot of ...

Straw remnants have been ingeniously repurposed ... The builder of the cottages claims all materials used in their construction are "grown from the earth". At first glance, all appear as if ...

A family like that of Jen Frey and Joe Wirbick can find enough space to build a straw bale house or two on a windy hillside near Mount Joy. They started construction of a temporary first house in ...

The Durra board, a unique solid building panel manufactured from densely compressed paddy straw using extreme pressure and heat in the manufacturing process, aims at reducing the time, effort and cost ...

A time-honored method of construction will find new expression as a Columbia building company shows off its home built of prefabricated straw bale panels. The house, which its builders believe is ...

To construct beautiful, durable homes using an ancient technique called "cob" building, as he told the North Bay Business Journal. Cob is a mixture of sand, clay-rich soil, water, and straw that's ...