Built with CUT infill technique. Owner built. Started in 2017. To be finished 2021.
Category - Projects Europe
Vivienda Valle de Mena
Built with prefab straw modules. Plaster finishes. Extremely efficient energy rating.
Vivienda en Tarroja
Addition to existing home. Doble post with SB infill. Self-built with volunteers and professional supervision.
Vivienda de Sergi y Neus
Two storey post and beam building. Mostly self-built.
Casa De Mayal
Made with prefabricated panels by EconHouse.
Vivienda Moralzarzal
Post and beam infill. Low cost (aprox. 780€ for everything).
Casa Mataelpino
Passive house made with Alfawall prefab modules and professional finishes.
Casa Ana
Post and beam, with infill in CUT technique.
Casa Requena
Passive House made with Alfawall prefab panels. Exterior part ventilated façade and part lime plaster.
Self-built home in Madrid
145m2 home, self-built with CUT technique and professional support.
Ausstellungsgebäude | Gartist GmbH
Load-bearing straw building with cantilever roof Lasttragender Strohbau mit Kraggewölbe-Dach For the clients Joel and...
Sarah Wigglesworth straw bale house in London
Two decades ago, the architect built a groundbreaking green space for living and working. How has ‘the straw bale...
Gateway Building at The University of Nottingham’s Sutton Bonington campus
The Story of Straw… and how to use straw in a modern building. Make took one of the most traditional building...
Rachel Shiamh’s Strawbale House in Pembrokeshire, Wales
Rachel Shiamh lived off-grid in a shed in her woodland in Wales, carrying water from a local spring, using candlelight...
Switzerland’s first straw bale settlement
Photo: Damian Poffet The planned settlement is committed to sustainability in various respects. In addition to thoughts...
Lilac Co-Housing project
Lilac, 20 households of affordable co-housing made with pre-fab Modcell straw panels in 2013 designed by White Design
Spiral House, Ireland
Spiral shaped house & the first 2 storey loadbearing to be built in Europe Technical design and courses by Barbara Jones
Tony Wrench’s Roundhouse
This is an ecohome of wood frame, cordwood and recycled window walls, straw-insulated turf roof; with solar power and...
Modcell’s Inspire Bradford Business Park
Inspire Bradford Business Park has been built on a brownfield site close to Eccleshill Community Hospital in Bradford...
Architect’s office in the straw bale hobbit dome building
According to plans by Prof. Gernot Minke and Arch. Zuzana Kierulvova, who is also a networker in Slovakia, this dome...
Straw bale vault school in Abybro
Unique straw bale construction with vaulted ceilings and cordwood walls built by Den Økologiske Landbrugsskole.
Straw bale house in Felding
Straw bale house by Lars Keller, Danish networker, with (typical Danish) mussel shell foundation, straw roof and clay...
Straw bale house Arild Berg
A straw bale building by the Norwegian networker Arild Berg (collaborator in the office of Arch. Rolf Jacobson). Lime...
Passive House Disentis
The wall construction was done with so-called jumbo straw bales with the dimensions 2.40m length, 1.25m width and 0.70m...
Tomas’ House: First Straw Bale House in Slovakia
The Zajezka Ecovillage eco-construction centre near Zajezova in the heart of Slovakia is the hub of the Slovakian straw...
La Boa in Belfiore di Pramaggiore
Stefano Soldati's house is the first straw bale house in Italy to be built by himself and in workshops (Barbara Jones)
Passive House Kurtatsch/South Tyrol
The Passivaus by architects Margareta Schwarz (Italy) and Werner Schmidt (Switzerland) was the winner of the "Klimahaus...
Strohbau Mlada Boleslav
Experimental building with raised textile roof and unrendered straw bale façade in front of a solid brick building core.
Schmidlin House, Wahlen near Laufen
Interesting load-bearing straw bale building with large bales on the ground floor and small bales on the upper floor.
Seminar building Bugday
Load-bearing seminar building for the organic farmers' association Bugday near Istanbul. Planning and execution:...
Holiday units Esser-Unterholzner
Load-bearing straw bale construction with large bales that were plastered directly. The floor slab is also insulated...
Workshop LaBoa in Belf Venice
Load-bearing small demonstration straw bale construction on car tyre foundation with curved walls, built in a workshop...
Brenderup Primary School
The Adult Education Centre in Brenderup was founded in 1986, and the spectacular straw bale building with a hyperbolic...
Strawbalewall / Straw bale wall
This straw bale wall in the gardens of Capel Manor College in Enfield, UK is not just a privacy screen, it is a...
Mas Franch Permaculture Centre
The community centre was built using round timber post and beam construction, with the straw bales plastered directly...
El Faro Pavillon*
The 25 m high El Faro, made of prefabricated clay plastered straw bale walls on a timber frame, was erected on the...
Ullastret family home
One family house in BTC (Bloques de tierra comprimida) - in Ullastret with Catalan vaults and earth bricks in the south...
Lammas Ecovillage Roundhouse Simon Dale
Apartment building in Minergie standard
The apartment building on the edge of the village of Therwil has been supported with subsidies as an "exemplary...
Hana’s house
The Zajezka Ecovillage eco-construction centre near Zajezova in the heart of Slovakia is the hub of the Slovakian straw...
Guest houses for ecological living
One of the workshop-buildings was cladded with a ventilated wooden façade, while the other is made of clay (mixed with...
Pavilion with unplastered thatched façade
Experimental building by Paris Studio 1984 in Alsace, France, inspired by agricultural constructions.
Lammas Ecovillage Community Centre
The community house with central fireplace.
The „Ufo“ in Melcice-Lieskove
The shape of the house results from the optimal form to capture the solar energy. According to the architects, 90%...
Lasttragendes Strohballenhaus in Dornbirn
For the straw bale house in Dornbirn, straw is not only used as a good insulating material, but also as a supporting...
7-storey modular building in St. Die des Vosges
The tallest straw bale building in the world was built in Saint Dié, France in 2011 as a Jules Ferry passive house...
Horta de la Viola
Maren Termens' house is a finca for organic farming and permaculture as well as a place for workshops.
Straw Bale Hobbit House with Green Roof in Sweden
In Kojtet near Linköping, a CUT construction was built around the existing supporting structure, straw bales were...
Straw bale house with Paideuma dome in Enzesfeld, AT
This detached house with Paideuma Klang-Dom was insulated with straw bales in spring 2017.
Straw bale house in Prinias/Crete (GR)
Straw bale house in the Psiloritis mountains of Crete for 3 residential units on top of a Raki-production hall.
Mas Duran
This traditional Catalan farmhouse was lovingly built by the owner himself over a period of five years. Not a straw...
LowCost Straw Bale Roundhouse in Upper Austria
LowCost roundhouse project with reciprocal roof, straw bale insulated floor slab, walls and roof, diagonal boarding...
Ravelsbach – Extension of the “Virtual Building Site” seminar building
On the north side of the barn, which has been converted into a seminar centre, 3 new guest rooms are being built...
Straw bale house in Frauenkirchen, Burgenland
Built by StrohNatur and asbn with support of trainers and workshops.
Fassaden-Einblasstrohdämmung
The house was built around 1960. Christina Miedler wanted to choose an ecological path and move away from Styrofoam...
Straw bale house near Gmünd
This straw bale house addition was built in two new workshops, the construction including the straw bale ceiling was...
Straw bale house in St. Georgen im Lavanttal
StrohNatur and asbn built this straw bale house with a reciprocal roof in Carinthia with the help of the builder
House Sabine and Werner, Fertöúljak / HU
A 70 m2 weekend straw bale house was built in the Seewinkel National Park, which will be used as a residential house.
Straw bale house Andrea & Sebastian, Ernstbrunn/Lower Austria
In Dörfles in Ernstbrunn, an approx. 94 m2 straw bale house was built with the help of the construction family.
S-House in Böheimkirchen, Lower Austria
An important goal in the S-HOUSE project was to combine ecological and functional advantages and to reduce energy and...
Straw bale show house in Rußbach, Upper Austria
This straw bale house was built at Lake Wolfgang. The house can be visited as a show house by appointment.
Straw bale addition in Burgenland
Built with support of trainers and workshops.
Straw bale house in Seyring
This fairly accessible straw bale house in Seyring near Vienna was built in August 2019.
Winter Garden Wrapping in Strebersdorf/Vienna
The conservatory of a pre-war brick building was insulated with straw bales (wrapping) and plastered with lime.
Straw bale architecture in Summerau/Upper Austria
2-storey straw bale house with covered terrace and barn extension and wall tempering in clay plaster.
Straw bale house in house in Goggendorf/Lower Austria
Straw bale house in a large barn, built by asbn together with Okambuva and plastered with clay on both sides.
Wrapping of an allotment house in Vienna
As part of a STEP Wrapping workshop, an allotment house was wrapped with 15cm straw insulation in 5 different ways.
Load-bearing straw bale house with big bales in Fürstenfeld
In July 2017, this load-bearing straw bale house was erected in Fürstenfeld with big bales.
Wrapping in Plank am Kamp, Lower Austria
A small detached house in Plank am Kamp was wrapped with straw (thermally insulated) and plastered with lime in 2017.
Straw bale house extension in Pulkau/Lower Austria
In the inner courtyard of an ensemble of houses in Pulkau, a new straw bale house is/was built in 2017.
Hobbithouse on the alp with green roof, Salzburg
A "hobbit house" with a green roof was built in the Salzburg mountains at 1100 m above sea level. The walls are up to 6...
Straw bale wrapping in Pregarten, Upper Austria
A two-storey detached house was wrapped with straw bales and partly plastered, partly cladded with wood.
Straw bale infill gable walls and roof Upper Austria
Straw bale infill in roof and gable walls in CUT technique
Straw Bale Sun Dome in Velden (AT)
Straw bale dome in CUT-technique erected during a workshop in Velden am Wörthersee 2014 and with the help of the...
Virtual straw building site for workshops: Revitalisation and extension of a barn
Training centre and permanent exhibition at the same time is the House of the Future project "Virtual Building Site" of...
Straw bale vault in Ravelsbach
Straw construction can be so beautiful: Revitalising the attic of a barn to create living space in the form of a barrel...
Robbiton – Robinson Island Adventure Playground
The adventure playground at Greinergasse 7 in Vienna is freely accessible, and the two straw bale buildings can be...
Straw bale low-energy house in Maria Anzbach
Here, 35 cm thick straw bales were installed, which together with 24 cm of flax in the floor result in a good low...
Straw lion for children in Ravelsbach (AT)
As part of the "Land/Life/Today" event, this straw bale sculpture with a tunnel for children was erected in summer 2014...
Oktogon
This straw bale building was created during a one-week workshop led by ASBN. The building serves as a stable for the...