Modern Straw Bale Home. Straw is an agricultural leftover. The home will have straw bale walls on both stories within a hybrid timber-frame box column construction system.
Straw bale walls are at least eighteen inches thick. Episode 2EcoEvo Design covers an Australian Regional Victorian Straw Bale Passivhaus home. In A Modern Look At Straw Bale Construction I have presented what I believe are the best details for the highest quality construction available.
In a post-and-beam design the skeleton of the house is made up by a frame that supports the roof while the straw bales are filled in as insulation.
The deep windows and niches are a common favorite often providing enough depth to function as a seat or large shelf. But the gorgeous and innovative home the couple created makes eco-converts out of everyone who sees it. The home will have straw bale walls on both stories within a hybrid timber-frame box column construction system. The energy cost for transporting the straw bales is minimal.