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earthlyart wrote 2 days ago: One day, when I have saved up enough pennies to purchase a house, I hope to renovate or build my own … more →

Tags: sustainability, Building, Insulation, Story

Guest House at a Lake

skillfulmeansdesign wrote 3 weeks ago: Skillful Means has begun design on a guest house at Lake Tulloch, near Copperopolis, California in t … more →

Tags: activities, Design, projects, Building, copperopolis, House Plans, Lake Tulloch, passive cooling, Passive Heat

Extreme Architecture!

skillfulmeansdesign wrote 3 weeks ago: Janet Armstrong-Johnston, one of the founders of Skillful Means, is now living in Joshua Tree, Calif … more →

Tags: activities, Cool Links, Design, Fame!, projects, Building, Extreme Architecture, Harrison, Janet Armstrong-Johnston

New Home for a Young Family

skillfulmeansdesign wrote 3 weeks ago: Dust blows across the driveway as grading operations prepare the building site. Work began in Octobe … more →

Tags: activities, Design, projects, Building, Earth Plaster, geoexchange, geomancy, Geothermal, House Plans

AIA South Dakota

brightgreenresearchblog wrote 1 month ago: The South Dakota AIA Convention was held today and yesterday, October 15-16, here in Sioux Falls.  O … more →

Tags: Local "Green" Events

More Roof Building Pictures

Sandra wrote 1 month ago: This is what we accomplished yesterday on the house:  Placing the four longest roof “rafters … more →

Tags: photos, straw bale house, Roof

How to Build a Straw Bale House2 comments

troy000leistiko000pe000se wrote 1 month ago: I’m usually interested in educating myself about alternative structural engineering topics, an … more →

Tags: Eclipse Engineering, Structural Engineering, Engineering, straw, strawbale, Nebraska, Leistiko, cement plaster, chicken wire

First Permitted Straw Bale House Being Built in Multnomah County

fredross wrote 2 months ago: Flying Hammer Productions’s Lydia Doleman is building Multnomah County’s first permitted … more →

Tags: Construction, sustainable, Portland, Sustain, Alternative Building Design

Downtown Harvest and Wine Festival

brightgreenresearchblog wrote 2 months ago: Downtown Harvest and Wine Festival 2009 | Saturday, September 26, 2009 10:00-4:00 at Fawick Park, Ph … more →

Tags: Green Materials, Local "Green" Events, Sioux Falls

Cupola Work and Steel Pipe

Sandra wrote 2 months ago: Below:  We have started work on the roof for the cupola.  Dave figures it is a good piece to start o … more →

Tags: straw bale house, house, Steel Construction, pole building, Cupola, c-purlin

Straw Bale House -General Plan4 comments

Sandra wrote 2 months ago:       A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.  -Old Proverb Dave & I have been … more →

Tags: straw bale house, Texas, photos, house

Forum blog

natureheads wrote 3 months ago: Catch up on Forum for the Future’s latest project news, opinion pieces and insights on current … more →

Tags: Environment, Blogging, sustainability, Forum for the Future, Other Blogs, Balehaus

Pictures from Concrete Pouring Day

Sandra wrote 3 months ago: Dave & I completed the laying out and tying of the pex-tubing for the radiant heat on Tuesday ev … more →

Tags: Building, straw bale house, Slab, Concrete, pex tubing, radiant heat, Concrete Pour

Morningwood bandsaw

Tero Syvänen wrote 3 months ago: I’ve added some pictures of a bandsaw I have drawn to http://terosyvanen.wordpress.com/gallery … more →

Tags: ProVillage, Handcraft, Drawing, sawing, Woodworking

Forms for Straw Bale House Foundation

Sandra wrote 3 months ago: Below are pictures of the form set-up for pouring the slab of our straw bale house.  After a slight … more →

Tags: Building, straw bale house, house, Foundation, Forms, Slab, Concrete

Quick update on Straw Bale House

Sandra wrote 3 months ago: Pictures coming soon of our work on the forms for the foundation.  It has been raining on and off ov … more →

Tags: straw bale house, house, Foundation, Slab

For Ten Dollars, a Bag of Clay3 comments

lealsf wrote 4 months ago: Here is our video entry into the Pay It Forward Contest, held by our local Alternatives Federal Cred … more →

Tags: Buildings, DIY, Video, Alternatives, bank, Building, Community, Construction, contest

Straw Bale House Steady to the Finish

Sandra wrote 4 months ago: All plumbing is buried.  All foundation beam trenches are cleaned out.  We have been acquiring mater … more →

Tags: straw bale house, Foundation, Re-bar, Forms, concrete slab

Straw Bale House1 comment

nativecho wrote 4 months ago: We had the good fortune of traveling to Colorado in July to assist our friends, David and Maureen, w … more →

Tags: Natural Building Methods, Self-Sufficiency, straw bale construction, straw bale house, Earthen Plaster


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