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Projects Germany

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Cohousing project “querbeet”

2026-01-102023-05-24 by esba
Cohousing project “querbeet”

Multifamily project straw bales, directly plastered with clay & lime

Categories Infill Construction, Projects Europe, Projects Germany, Straw Bale Lighthouse Projects

Circular Tiny House Coburg

2025-12-292023-04-23 by Rikki Nitzkin
Circular Tiny House Coburg

Student guest house at the design campus of Coburg University of Applied Sciences

Categories Infill Construction, Projects Germany, Straw Bale Lighthouse Projects

Circular Tiny House Coburg

2023-05-242023-05-24 by esba
Circular Tiny House Coburg

Student guest house at the design campus of Coburg University of Applied Sciences

Categories Projects Germany

Renovation of a Farmhouse into an Energy Self-Sufficient Domestic Power Plant

2021-02-182020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Renovation of a Farmhouse into an Energy Self-Sufficient Domestic Power Plant

Domestic power plant insulated with straw.

Categories Projects Germany

“House St. Wunibald” – Plankstetten Abbey

2025-12-272021-01-01 by Dennis Harms
“House St. Wunibald” – Plankstetten Abbey

Largest straw bale building in Southern Germany: 3-storey multi-purpose building, used as guest house, kindergarten and rectory with straw bale infill.

Categories Infill Construction, Projects Europe, Projects Germany, Straw Bale Lighthouse Projects

Two-Family Home, Conversion with Extension, Leverkusen

2023-11-062020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Two-Family Home, Conversion with Extension, Leverkusen

Conversion and extension of a two-family house into a multigenerational house.

Categories Projects Germany

Osteopathy Practice

2023-11-062020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Osteopathy Practice

Osteopathic practice in straw bale construction in wood frames in Königswinter.

Categories Projects Germany

Cohousing project “Speicherbogen”

2025-12-272023-05-24 by esba
Cohousing project “Speicherbogen”

Multifamily project straw bales, directly plastered with clay & lime

Categories Infill Construction, Projects Europe, Projects Germany, Straw Bale Lighthouse Projects

Residential and Office Building, Braunsbach

2022-08-032020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Residential and Office Building, Braunsbach

Passive house in straw bale construction for a residential and commercial building.

Categories Projects Germany

Cohousing project “Einhorn”

2023-11-062023-05-24 by esba
Cohousing project “Einhorn”

Multifamily project straw bales, directly plastered with clay & lime

Categories Infill Construction, Projects Europe, Projects Germany

New building in the courtyard in Troisdorf, DE

2025-12-292020-09-20 by Herbert Gruber
New building in the courtyard in Troisdorf, DE

Straw Bale Extension to an existing half-timbered house with clay plaster (inside) and lime plaster (outside)

Categories Infill Construction, Projects Europe, Projects Germany, Projects-Technique, Renovation Refurbishment, Straw Bale Roof

Monument Extension with Straw Bales, Troisdorf

2025-12-272020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Monument Extension with Straw Bales, Troisdorf

Extension of a listed family home by a granny apartment and adjoining rooms.

Categories Projects Germany

Naturopathy Practice

2022-08-032020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Naturopathy Practice

Unique naturopathy practice with a large mandala green roof.

Categories Projects Germany

Country Home, North-Rhine Westphalia (Germany)

2022-08-032020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Country Home, North-Rhine Westphalia (Germany)

Country house with luxurious flair – all natural, healthy & sustainable.

Categories Projects Germany

Five-storey Competence Center for Sustainable Construction, Verden

2025-12-272021-01-01 by Dennis Harms
Five-storey Competence Center for Sustainable Construction, Verden

Prefabricated timber frame construction with solid wood elevator shaft and stairwell.

Categories Infill Construction, Projects Germany, Straw Bale Lighthouse Projects

Cohousing project “Pfauenauge”

2023-11-062023-05-24 by esba
Cohousing project “Einhorn”

Multifamily project straw bales, directly plastered with clay & lime

Categories Projects Germany

Cohousing project “Libelle”

2025-12-272023-05-24 by esba
Cohousing project “Libelle”

Multifamily project straw bales, directly plastered with clay & lime

Categories Infill Construction, Projects Europe, Projects Germany, Straw Bale Lighthouse Projects

Straw Bale Building Schlink , Papendorf

2025-12-302020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Straw Bale Building Schlink , Papendorf

Wooden stand construction with double-webbed beams and straw bale insulation.

Categories Projects Germany

Conversion and energy-efficient refurbishment

2021-01-242020-09-20 by Herbert Gruber
Conversion and energy-efficient refurbishment

..of a 3-family house from the 60s

Categories Projects Germany, Straw Bale Wrapping

Kindergarten in Straw, Villingen-Schwenningen

2025-12-272020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Kindergarten in Straw,  Villingen-Schwenningen

Wooden plank stand construction with small bales, plastered on both sides.

Categories Projects Germany, Straw Bale Lighthouse Projects

Community House “Lebenstraum Johannisthal”, Berlin-Treptow

2025-12-292020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Community House “Lebenstraum Johannisthal”, Berlin-Treptow

Community house with straw bale installation (as workshop), plastered on both sides.

Categories Projects Germany

Youth Centre “Allmende”, Ahrensburg

2023-11-062021-01-01 by Dennis Harms
Youth Centre “Allmende”, Ahrensburg

Screed stand construction with straw bale infill.

Categories Projects Germany

Cohousing project “Windrose”

2025-12-272023-05-24 by esba
Cohousing project “Windrose”

Multifamily project straw bales, directly plastered with clay & lime

Categories Infill Construction, Projects Europe, Projects Germany, Straw Bale Lighthouse Projects

Cafe and Seminar Building, “Naturerlebnis Uckermark” Prenzlau

2021-01-242020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Cafe and Seminar Building, “Naturerlebnis Uckermark” Prenzlau

Two single-storey club buildings in frame construction with straw bale infill, plastered.

Categories Projects Germany

Industrial Hall, Dunningen

2022-08-032020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Industrial Hall, Dunningen

Commercial hall with office building – straw-bale insulated,clay, much personal contribution.

Categories Projects Germany

Residence with Load-bearing Big Bales, Weimar

2025-12-272020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Residence with Load-bearing Big Bales, Weimar

Two-story semi-detached house made of load-bearing big bales.

Categories Load Bearing Big Bale, Projects Germany

Rooftop straw bale insulation

2021-01-242020-09-20 by Herbert Gruber
Rooftop straw bale insulation

In this on-roof straw bale insulation in Marktl, the bales lie on a rough formwork with vapour barrier (construction paper).

Categories Projects Germany

Seminar and Residential Building, Cumhüriyet Köy, Istanbul

2022-08-032020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Seminar and Residential Building, Cumhüriyet Köy, Istanbul

One-storey load-bearing seminar building with small accommodation unit.

Categories Projects Germany

Family Home, Maasholm

2022-08-042020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Family Home, Maasholm

Straw bale insulation in front of solid wood construction and in the floor.

Categories Projects Germany

Thermal straw bale renovation of a farmhouse in Allgäu, Bavaria

2021-01-222020-09-20 by Herbert Gruber
Thermal straw bale renovation of a farmhouse in Allgäu, Bavaria

This farmhouse in Bavaria was sheathed with straw bales on the outside, plastered directly (on hare trellis) at ground level, and clad with wooden shingles on board cladding on the 1st floor and gable.

Categories Projects Germany

Straw Bale Rotundas, Green Classroom, Wernigerode

2022-08-042020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Straw Bale Rotundas, Green Classroom, Wernigerode

Load-bearing straw bale construction, plastered on both sides, single-storey.

Categories Projects Germany

Guesthouse “STROHTEL”

2025-12-272023-05-24 by esba
Guesthouse “STROHTEL”

guesthouse project straw bales, directly plastered with clay & lime

Categories Infill Construction, Projects Europe, Projects Germany, Straw Bale Lighthouse Projects

Residence Friedrich-Gebhardt, Mundelfingen

2022-08-032020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Residence Friedrich-Gebhardt, Mundelfingen

Two-story residence in plastered straw bale stand construction.

Categories Projects Germany

Cohousing project “Strohpolis”

2023-11-062023-05-24 by esba
Cohousing project “Stropolis”

Multifamily project straw bales, directly plastered with clay & lime

Categories Projects Germany

Straw Bale House Weber, Trier

2025-12-292020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Straw Bale House Weber, Trier

Prototype of a load-bearing single-storey building, pent roof made of big bales.

Categories Projects Germany

Straw Bale Building Liebrecht, Donaueschingen-Wolterdingen

2022-08-042020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Straw Bale Building Liebrecht, Donaueschingen-Wolterdingen

1.5-storey semi-detached house in plastered straw bale stand construction.

Categories Projects Germany

Residence Kröger, Bösel-Lüchow II

2021-01-242020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Residence Kröger, Bösel-Lüchow II

1-storey residence in plastered straw bale stand construction.

Categories Projects Germany

Strawhome “Bösel-1”

2023-05-242023-05-24 by esba
Strawhome “Bösel-1”

Single family project straw bales, directly plastered with clay & lime

Categories Infill Construction, Projects Europe, Projects Germany

Straw Bale Building, Warmuth (Unterfranken)

2021-01-222020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Straw Bale Building, Warmuth (Unterfranken)

Emigrant farm in Lower Franconia with 400 square meters living space on two full floors

Categories Projects Germany

Studio House Guhreitzen, Lüchow (Wendland)

2022-08-042020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Studio House Guhreitzen, Lüchow (Wendland)

One-storey wooden construction with straw insulation from big bales.

Categories Projects Germany

Single-family house

2021-01-222021-01-01 by Herbert Gruber
Single-family house

Straw bale construction project by architect Matthias Böhnisch, who used it to build the first straw bale single-family house in …

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Categories Projects Germany

Renovation with Prefabricated Straw Elements, Leichlingen

2023-11-062020-09-20 by Dennis Harms
Renovation with Prefabricated Straw Elements, Leichlingen

Renovation, KfW 85 standard, prefabricated straw panels.

Categories Projects Germany

Deltagrün: 20 years of Straw Bale Building in Germany with Arch. Dirk Scharmer

2022-08-04 by esba
Deltagrün: 20 Jahre Strohballenbau in Deutschland mit Arch. Dirk Scharmer

Building with natural building materials Natural building materials provide new impetus in sustainable construction . The renewable raw materials wood, …

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Categories Projects Germany Tags Straw Bale Building

Enno-Narten-Bau auf der Jugendburg Ludwigstein

2021-01-242021-01-01 by Herbert Gruber
Enno-Narten-Bau auf der Jugendburg Ludwigstein

One of Germany’s largest straw bale buildings is an extension on the castle grounds for a better range of seminar …

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Categories Projects Germany

Residence “Kranich”, Ecovillage Siebenlinden

2023-11-062021-01-01 by Dennis Harms
Residence “Kranich”, Ecovillage Siebenlinden

Barrier-free straw bale house.

Categories Projects Germany, Straw Bale Lighthouse Projects

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