Straw bale house Hitzendorf / Styria

Straw bale house Hitzendorf / Styria
Written by Herbert Gruber

Austria’s first timber-frame and straw-bale house (1999) near Graz, two-storey residential house with approx. 150 m2 living space, built in prefabricated construction.

Project Data

Place:Hitzendorf Completion:1999 Construction:infill construction Design:StrohTec Straw Builder:StrohTec Carpenter:Zimmerei Findenig (nunmehr: Poms) Visitable:No Press photos:No
Living Area:150m2 U-Value (Wall):W/m2K U-Value (Roof):W/m2K Categories: Projects Austria,

Das erste Holzständer-Strohballen-Haus (1999) Österreichs in der Nähe von Graz, zweigeschossiges Wohnhaus mit ca 150 m2 Wohnfäche, in Fertigteil-Bauweise 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.