BY CANDACE RENALLS NEWS TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER While the idea of building with straw bales is not new, the eco-friendly approach to building has been gaining interest in the past 15 years. In the ...

David and Carrie Chew live in a house made of straw. It has two bathrooms, a modern kitchen and a packed earthen floor. The exterior walls are made with stacked wheat straw bales covered in plaster.

Straw bale construction integrates agricultural by-products into the building envelope, offering significant thermal insulation, low embodied carbon, and enhanced energy efficiency.

Straw is a traditional building material, but today's building methods are relatively new. Discover how modern straw bale construction has evolved.

Straw bale homes offer superior insulation, reducing heating and cooling expenses. With Columbia's average home value now exceeding $290,000, alternative construction methods could provide more ...

Straw-bale construction remained fairly popular in the Midwest and West until the 1950s, when mass-produced construction materials began to take over.

A time-honored method of construction will find new expression as a Columbia building company shows off its home built of prefabricated straw bale panels. The house, which its builders believe is ...

Construction is underway at 157 Susquehanna St. in Binghamton, the future home of VINES. When completed, it will mark the first commercial straw bale building in the Northeast and Binghamton’s ...

BINGHAMTON (WBNG) -- The Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments, Inc., or VINES, is set for the new headquarters building to place its first straw bale at the Susquehanna Street location.

When completed this spring, the 26,900-sf Friends Community School in Greenbelt, Md., will be one of the largest straw-bale structures in the world. The Building Team specified straw-bale construction ...

Straw-bale construction was cultivated around 125 years ago in Nebraska, according to a press release from Monarch Architecture. The approach has gained real popularity in Europe over the past ...