A short documentary of a natural build filmed and produced by Dewi Roberts. It was constructed using the local, plentiful and renewable materials of wood, stone, straw, clay, lime and mud. It is a unique and very beautiful build...
Category - Projects-Technique
Old buildings – new uses: indoor swimming pool, (straw bale) brewery and water tower
Unusual living in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: in a luxuriously converted water tower, in a modern, extended railway...
GESA Haus des Lernens – House of Learning
Gesa built the House of Learning behind its headquarters at 36 Daniel Gran Street. An ecologically sustainable building...
Casa Bodonal
Loadbearing building with unique detail: the “mother beam” is supported by loadbearing straw, not posts.
Vivienda en Colmenar de Arroyo
Built with CUT infill technique, natural plasters outside and panels inside. Mostly self-built. “A” efficiency...
Casa Ana
Post and beam, with infill in CUT technique.
Ecosdelduero
Built with CUT infill technique. Owner built. Started in 2017. To be finished 2021.
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...
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
The planned settlement is committed to sustainability in various respects. In addition to thoughts on social and...
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
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.
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...
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:...
Workshop LaBoa in Belf Venice
Load-bearing small demonstration straw bale construction on car tyre foundation with curved walls, built in a workshop...
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...
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...
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 in Prinias/Crete (GR)
Straw bale house in the Psiloritis mountains of Crete for 3 residential units on top of a Raki-production hall.
LowCost Straw Bale Roundhouse in Upper Austria
LowCost roundhouse project with reciprocal roof, straw bale insulated floor slab, walls and roof, diagonal boarding...
Straw bale house with Paideuma dome in Enzesfeld, AT
This detached house with Paideuma Klang-Dom was insulated with straw bales in spring 2017.
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 near Gmünd
This straw bale house addition was built in two new workshops, the construction including the straw bale ceiling was...
Straw bale addition in Langenlebarn, Lower Austria
Extension with foam glass bag foundation and pallets, interior with reed mats and clay plaster
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 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 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 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.
Straw bale architecture in Summerau/Upper Austria
2-storey straw bale house with covered terrace and barn extension and wall tempering in clay plaster.
Winter Garden Wrapping in Strebersdorf/Vienna
The conservatory of a pre-war brick building was insulated with straw bales (wrapping) and plastered with lime.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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
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 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...
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 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...
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...
Addition of a storey to a detached house in Kleinebersdorf
For the purpose of extending the usable living space, a complete residential unit with an additional 152 m² floor...
Straw bale octagon in Ecotopia (SE)
The prefabricated wooden construction is filled with straw bales in a 14-day workshop in Ecotopia (Sweden) using the...
Load-bearing straw bale house made from big bales
Jumbo straw bales weighing 250 kg, plastered with clay or lime, act as load-bearing elements. The walls of the...
Old barn in the Waldviertel renovated
The filling with straw bales took place during an ASBN workshop
Thermal renovation with straw bale hipped roof
An old building with an energy standard of originally 254 kWh/m2.a was energetically improved by 96% through this...
Conversion of city villa with new penthouse
After a general renovation and the construction of a penthouse in place of the old attic, a new city domicile was...
Neustift: residential building in straw bale construction method
In this project, the exterior walls are provided with a prefabricated insulation layer made of straw bales. The flat...
First load-bearing straw bale house with planning permission
The first load-bearing straw bale house in Austria with building permission. According to the building family, building...
Straw bale house with ECOCOCON panels
Createrra planned this passive house with ECOCOCON straw modules and had it built with a Slovakian carpentry firm.
Renovation of an old square farmhouse
A large square courtyard, which serves as a 3-party residential building, was thermally renovated on the outside:...
Thermal façade renovation with straw bales
Thermal refurbishment of a 49cm thick brick wall by installing a straw façade in front of it with an auxiliary...
Perwarth – Revitalisation Vierkanthof
With great attention to detail, this former square farmhouse was converted into a country residence for two families.
Bungalow with pent roof in Rabenstein/Lower Austria
A private, barrier-free, single-storey house with straw-bale insulated timber frame in the roof, walls and floor...
system|house in modular straw construction
The first project of the system|haus|bau cooperation with prefabricated modules (Kreativer Holzbau, Bauatelier Schmelz...
Allotment house in Vienna
With prefabricated system|haus modules, this allotment house was made in Vienna.
Passive house with straw insulation in the roof
This passive house in Margarethen am Moos was built using solid brick construction but with straw insulation in the...
Straw bale passive house in Breitenwaida
The entire internal room layout of this passive house was set at an angle to the outer shell, which allows for...
Old brick building with straw façade
An old brick building was thermally renovated by adding a straw bale façade.
Straw bale barn: The magic of the spaces in between
Stadel metamorphosis with a straw bale shell: an approximately 150-year-old barn was revitalised into a home for a...
Straw bale construction near Bad Gleichenberg
A timber frame construction and its window and door boxes are planked with structurally stiffening OSB boards. Then the...
Passive house with straw bale roof
This solid house with a 30 cm thermal insulation façade and straw-bale insulated monopitch roof was built in...
Load-bearing straw bale construction in Fehring
Load-bearing straw bale construction in Fehring, Styria.
Low-energy house in Heidenreichstein
Single-family house with tested wall, ceiling and roof elements with carport and tool shed.
Bruckner Single-family house
Detached single-family house in massive passive house construction with straw insulation in the roof, EKZ according to...
Single-family house as an energy-plus house
Was the 11th house in Austria to be certified as a passive house by the IBO (Austrian Institute for Building Biology...
Office building BM Höller
The office building of Baumeister Ing. Jürgen Höller GmbH was built as a passive house in brick construction, the...
Straw bale passive house Ruprechtshofen
Passive house with straw insulation. Living area on the upper floor, bedrooms on the ground floor, no slope. Glass-only...
Straw with a difference
Not straw bales but chopped straw is blown into the Lopas prefabricated houses, thus also achieving fire safety and...