Load-bearing straw house on cellar, Riegersburg, Stmk

Load-bearing straw house on cellar, Riegersburg, Stmk
Written by Herbert Gruber

A 42 m2 load-bearing straw bale structure was built on top of a cellar.

Project Data

Place:Riegersburg Completion:2004 Construction:load bearing straw bale Design:Stroh & Lehm Straw Builder:Stroh & Lehm Visitable:Yes Press photos:No
Living Area:42m2 U-Value (Wall):W/m2K U-Value (Roof):W/m2K Categories: Projects Austria,

Auf einem Keller wurde ein 42 m2 großer, lasttragender Strohballenbau errichtet.

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.