Straw Bale House Resources

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April 2, 2000 12 AM PT

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).