links and references
Strawbale building workshops
History
of Strawbale Building
Some
benefits of Strawbale Construction
How
to build a straw-bale wall
Strawbale
- Cool in summer, warm in winter
Insulation
against the movement of heat
Test
of insulation against heat movement
Fire
Resistance
Sound
Insulation
Test
of insulation against sound
Indoor-outdoor
living spaces with strawbale
Web
links and other References
Vaulted roof (see Twisted Road)
Roundhouse (Twisted Road)
Mud render on a roundhouse in the
southern US (see 'Twisted Road')
Web
There are some 10,000 plus pages about strawbale construction on the Internet and the number is growing all the time.
*The Food Forest: www.foodforest.com.au
*Huff n’ Puff (John Glassford, strawbale builder
NSW) http://strawbale.archinet.com.au
Overseas try these great websites
*Strawbale Surfin:
http://www.moxvox.com/surfsolo.html
*The US Dept of Energy site. Excellent for practical
building info and
many graphs and certified results comparing materials:http://www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/documents/strawbale.html
*Greenbuilder (Passive Solar design concepts
and rules of thumb): http://greenbuilder.com/sourcebook/PassiveSol.html#Contents
*The Development Center for Appropriate Technology
(DCAT) page on
straw-bale construction USA: http://www.azstarnet.com/~dcat/barriers.htm
* El Paso Solar Energy Assn page on strawbale:
http://epsea.org/straw.html
*Crest site (sustainable building information):
http://solstice.crest.org
*Crest (email discussion group about straw-bale):
http://www.crest.org/discussion/strawbale/current/
* A site on earth ships and strawbale: www.geocities.com/rainforest/6624
(good for more references and slides of buildings)
* Natural Building Resources (suppliers of the
Black Range videos and books, some on strawbale): http://www.strawbalecentral.com
*California Straw Building Association http://www.strawbuilding.org/
*Terrasol Designs http://www.strawbalehomes.com/TS1.html
*Twisted Road ( personal story of building in
the desert with mud brick
and straw) http://www.twistedroad.com/Adobe_Dome/Photo_10/photo_10.html
*Bale-watch.com (50 plans for strawbale houses)
http://www.balewatch.com/
*Strawbale Australia - site of an Australian
strawbale builder
http://www.strawbaleaustralia.com
Builder
Lance Kairl at Goolwa (south of Adelaide) - sabale@bigpond.com
Books
Serious Straw Bale - $79 from Earth Garden,
PO Box 2, Trentham, Vic 3458
Build it with Bales - Matts Myhrman and
SO MacDonald
Straw Bale Building - Chris Magwood and Peter
Mack
The Straw Bale House - Steen, Steen and Bainbridge
300+ pages covering all the aspects of strawbale construction. This book
is filled with drawings, B &W and colour photos; the original 'bible'
on strawbale building
Journals, Manuals, Papers:
THE LAST STRAW - journal on strawbale construction,
published in Arizona, United States and features latest construction ideas,
concerns, thoughts, techniques and case studies.