New building in the courtyard in Troisdorf, DE

New building in the courtyard in Troisdorf, DE
New building in the courtyard in Troisdorf, DE
Written by Herbert Gruber

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

Project Data

Place:Troisdorf Completion:2017 Construction:double post & CUT construction Design:Dennis Harms Straw Builder:asbn - austrian strawbale network Carpenter:Martin Büchler Visitable:No Press photos:No

Straw bale house in Troisdorf (near Cologne), DE; extension to an existing half-timbered house with clay plaster (inside) and lime plaster (outside).

Design: Dennis Harms
Carpenter: Martin Büchler
ASBN-Workshop: Strohballen-Infill & Verputze (Lehm und Kalk)

WORKSHOP Straw Bale Bulding-, Earth- and Lime renders by Herbert Gruber/asbn, Alejandro Lopez & Marta Rakowska

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.