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Hay Is for Horses, Straw Is for Houses
In the Napa Valley, one sustainable residence elegantly demonstrates straw bale technology.
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Straw Tech
When Anders Stokholm asked his old friend Felix Jerusalem to design his family’s new home in Eschenz, a northern Swiss village on the Rhine River and Untersee Lake, the client and architect agreed…
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London Design Festival: Straw Bale Seat
The Greenhaus is a design collective of British designers whose work revolves around concepts of sustainability. Their standout product at the London Design Festival is Neil Barron's…
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Brooms have changed little from their straw and felled-branch predecessors. Magis’s twist on the old standard comes by way of a colorful, all-purpose indoor broom that’s good for everyday spills and…
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Office Space
We sifted through some past issues to find images of what some may argue to be the hardest working room in the house.
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Branded Spaces
The Branded Spaces 2011 is an international conference on branded rooms organized by the Karlshochschule International University. More than 30 speakers from 15 countries will illuminate brand…
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Nice article. I liked the human aspects. The school, work, family and interesting building techniques. The references to suppliers is a added bonus.
I saw the article on the house on a tv show(Worlds Greenest Home) We are thinking of buying a small rancher and are inspired to do a similar project. Love the cladding. Can we access specs on it as well as insulation usage. Our climate (Tsawwassen, B.C.) is sunny but not as cold in the winter as Boulder.
We are builders in Ottawa. I really like the advanced building techniques. I wish these building materials were a little easier to find.
Hi there Rob & Heather, Also not a big fan of plywood, because of the Urea-Formaldehyde resin. But I like your first principles approach to material selection. If in doubt , then doubt all materials ! I have also been developing my own version of eco SIPs, as I am not a big fan of timber in our UK climate. I have gone the other route to reducing the quantity of cement used in the fabrication of the panels. My panels use polymodified cement(reinforced with fiberglass mesh)/on a substrate of re-cycled polystyrene ( Jablite grey BRE green award A+ , higher than straw bale etc.) then bonded to a timber frame. I try to keep all my panels below 25 kg to keep them man-portable-legal. (The weight, which is considered, that a man can handle all day without injury) So basically my panels use 95% less cement than a conventional concrete panel , but retain the impact resistance/longevity/low maintenance , not found in timber cladding. plus the low lambda of the polystyrene. You can get an insite into our process at www.garden-office.com, and at our techno-babble site www.structulates. We are interested in low cost licensing to interested parties. Sincerely Norman Davison
Hi Rob &Heather, Sorry website should have read www.micro-gardenoffice.com Norman Davison
This house was torn down in early 2010--what's so green about sending a brand-new house to the landfill?? The permit for a 2025 s.f. "addition" and new garage were issued to this couple in December 2009 so they had to know at the time the story was published that they were going to tear it down. Puzzled neighbor
I know this article ran quite awhile back. I'm so curious though. Is it true this house was "torn down"? Do you respond to questions from your readers?
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