Straw Bale House Resources
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A number of readers have asked where they can learn more about straw bale houses, featured in last Sunday’s Real Estate section. Here are some resources:
California Straw Building Assn.
The Tides Center
115 Angelita Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044-3104
(805) 546-4274
https://www.strawbuilding.org
Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology
1612 K St. NW, Suite 202
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 293-2898
https://solstice.crest.org/index.shtml
Out on Bale
1037 E. Linden St.
Tucson, AZ 85719
(520) 622-6896
The Last Straw
The Grassroots Journal of Straw Bale & Natural Building
HC66, Box 119
Hillsboro, NM 88042
(505) 895-5400
https://www.strawhomes.com
Books:
“Build It With Bales: A Step by Step Guide to Straw-Bale Construction,” Version Two, Matts Myhrman and S.O. MacDonald (Chelsea Green Publishing Co., 1998).
“Buildings of Earth and Straw: Structural Design for Rammed Earth and Straw-Bale Architecture,” Bruce King (Ecological Design Press, 1996).
“The Straw Bale House,” Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill Steen, David Bainbridge and David Eisenberg (Chelsea Green Publishing Co., 1994).
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