Timber straw construction in St. Marein, Graz

Timber straw construction in St. Marein, Graz
Written by Herbert Gruber

Residential house in timber frame construction with OSB panel bracing and front-mounted, directly plastered straw façade.

Project Data

Place:St. Marein/Graz Completion:2009 Construction:straw bale wrapping Design:Stroh & Lehm Straw Builder:Stroh & Lehm Carpenter:Stroh & Lehm Stroh & Lehm Visitable:No Press photos:No
U-Value (Wall):W/m2K U-Value (Roof):W/m2K Categories: Projects Austria,

Wohnhaus in Holzriegelbauweise mit OSB-Platten-Aussteifung und vorgesetzter, direkt verputzter Strohfassade.

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.