Experimental building: 1st straw building in Austria

2021-01-21
by Herbert Gruber
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Experimental building: 1st straw building in Austria
Written by Herbert Gruber

Temporary Land Art Project

Project Data

Place:Gars am Kamp Completion:1998 Construction:experimental, load bearing, hybrid Design:Günter Höchtl Straw Builder:Günter Höchtl Visitable:Yes Press photos:No
Living Area:15m2 U-Value (Wall):W/m2K U-Value (Roof):W/m2K Categories: Projects Austria,

About the author

Herbert Gruber

Herbert is author of the book "Neues Bauen mit Stroh in Europa" (New Building with Straw in Europe), head of the austrian strawbale network ASBN and partner in the Leonardo-project "STEP" (Strawbale Training for European Professionals) and the Erasmus project "BuildStraw Pro" (a project to get formal national recognition of the training) and "Make your City Smart". As a collector he documents European straw bale buildings since 1999 on his website (database, german), in lectures, workshops and books.

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