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A Bit About Bale Walls

August 17, 2009

A Gentler Path to Building Permit Approvals

January 30, 2014

A History of Straw Bale Resurgence

January 1, 2022

A Mere Twenty Years

April 22, 2014

A Modern Reed-bed System

September 7, 2009

A South Carolina Architect’s Journey to Natural Building & Rammed Earth

May 21, 2015

A Straw Bale Construction Wikibook

October 2, 2013

A Straw-bale Home in Idaho

September 19, 2013

A Straw-Cell Wall System

May 14, 2015

A Strawbale Residential Building Code for the United States

December 13, 2013

Adobe Mejorado (Adobe Made Better)

January 19, 2015

Adsorption (More Building Science)

November 22, 2013

An Oral History of Better Building Codes with Martin Hammer

May 6, 2022

Bale Orientation: Survey Results

July 31, 2014

Bale Preparation

August 2, 2013

Bale Wisdom – Bale Buying 101

July 22, 2013

Baling Straw Used for Construction

November 6, 2015

Better Quality, Ecological Correctness

July 31, 2013

Birth of the Power Trowel: Pumping Without Spraying

August 30, 2013

Brewing a Brewery

September 30, 2014

Build Your Own Simple Bale Wall Moisture Sensor

August 15, 2013

Building Bale Sources

July 22, 2013

Building Monitoring for Straw Bale Buildings, Part 1

January 16, 2015

Building Monitoring for Straw Bale Buildings, Part 2

May 22, 2015

Building With Hempcrete (Hemp-Lime): Essential Tips For The Beginner (Part 1)

June 18, 2014

Building With Hempcrete (hemp-lime): Essential Tips For The Beginner (Part 2)

November 4, 2014

BuildWell Library is launched!

January 12, 2015

Choosing a Plaster System for Your Straw Bale House

February 26, 2015

Clay Culture: Plasters, Paints and Preservation (Book Review)

May 21, 2015

Cob Internal Walls

October 16, 2015

Community Rebuilds – Path to Zero Waste

March 7, 2014

Defend The Forest!

April 1, 2022

Earth Floor

August 2, 2013

Earth Plastering Guidelines for Finishes

August 2, 2013

Earth Plasters and Aliz

January 1, 2022

Earth Render (Book Review)

December 31, 2013

Earthen Floors: A Modern Approach to an Ancient Practice (Book Review)

July 25, 2014

Feuillette House

October 5, 2013

Figuring the Hidden Costs in Your Building Plans

August 29, 2013

Finishing Bale Walls with Siding

August 29, 2013

Fire in a House With Straw Bale Walls

August 15, 2009

For the Love of Mud

January 1, 2022

Framing Bale Walls: How to

March 24, 2014

Getting Grounded on an Adobe Floor

October 20, 2014

Healthy Living, Healthy Building

January 11, 2014

Hidden Beauty – Adobe Wall

September 28, 2015

Home-Made Hydraulic Lime

March 5, 2014

House of Straw?

May 12, 2013

How Clay Plaster Might Save the World

October 2, 2014

In Defense of Straw

April 25, 2017

Insurance for Bale-Wall Structures

November 6, 2015

International Straw Building Conference (ISBC) 2016

May 21, 2015

Japanese Earthen Plaster Exchange – Bringing the Outdoors In

April 25, 2017

Jules Ferry Residence – Straw Bale Panels

July 3, 2014

Kyomigaki / Otsumigaki Polished Earth-Lime Finish

October 8, 2014

Light Clay-Straw Mountain Home

July 3, 2014

Light Straw-Clay Appendix in the IRC

December 20, 2013

Lime Mortars DVD Review

July 23, 2013

Making Better Buildings (Book Review)

February 8, 2014

Manual Bale Press

October 12, 2015

Moisture and Straw-Bale Walls

January 1, 2022

MORE Straw Building in Japan

June 27, 2014

My Natural Building Practice in TAIWAN

April 6, 2016

Natural Building in Nicaragua

October 6, 2014

Panel-built Classroom in Northern Arizona

July 31, 2012

Pay Attention to Your Sand

May 21, 2015

Plasters and Strawbale

January 1, 2022

Polished Tosa Shikkui

January 13, 2015

Red de Construcción con Paja

December 31, 2013

Rediscovering Lime Plaster In Costa Rica

May 17, 2014

Rocket Mass Heaters, Third Edition (Book Review)

April 22, 2014

Sealing an Earth Floor

August 13, 2009

Selecting A Natural Hydraulic Lime

October 18, 2013

Shelter (Book Review)

November 4, 2014

Siberia 2008 (Altai Project, Builders Without Borders)

August 13, 2013

Sill Pan Design Detail

July 31, 2012

Straw Bale and Building Science: Growing Up Together

November 22, 2013

Straw Bale Building in Japan

April 2, 2014

Straw Bale Construction Building Code (2013 IRC Approval)

November 4, 2013

Straw Bale Construction Resources

January 1, 2022

Straw Bale Construction: A Sustainable System For Ownership

January 1, 2022

Straw Bale in Bali

May 21, 2015

Straw Bale in Germany

May 21, 2015

Straw House Patent (Feuillette House Follow-Up)

January 8, 2014

Straw-bale Codes, Testing, Research

January 1, 2022

Straw-bale Infill Meets U.S. Building Codes

August 20, 2013

Straw-bale Sound Isolation and Acoustics

July 1, 2013

Strawbale and Earth Builders Converge on Adelaide (AUSBALE)

January 5, 2015

Sustainable Design Can Forge Stronger Communities

July 31, 2013

Sustainable Living in California

August 1, 2013

Tadelakt Lime Finishes

March 7, 2014

Tape Versus Mesh for Straw Bale Plastering

January 26, 2015

Tataki: Japanese Traditional Earthen Floor

May 21, 2015

The Art of Polished Clay Balls

September 27, 2015

The Bay Eco-Village, From Straw to Resilience

March 17, 2016

The Benefits of Using Welded Wire Mesh

July 18, 2014

The EcoNest Home (Book Review)

April 25, 2017

The Growth of Hemp Lime as a Natural Building Method

March 28, 2014

THE SITUPS*: Super Insulated Tilt-Up Panel System.

March 19, 2014

The Straw Bale Alternative Solutions Resource by ASRI

September 20, 2013

The Straw Bale Earthen House

January 1, 2022

The Strawtegi C02ttage

March 30, 2022

Three Sustainable Building Essential Books (Book Review)

April 25, 2017

Tips about Bales

August 2, 2013

Tips for Staying Calm When Building

May 21, 2015

Traditional and Contemporary Natural Building in Korea

December 30, 2013

Tribute to Alfred von Bachmayr

April 22, 2014

Tribute to Judy Knox

April 22, 2014

Update on Straw Bale Building in Pakistan

February 26, 2015

Update on Strawbale and Light Straw-Clay Codes in the United States

April 25, 2017

What’s in a Name?

January 30, 2014

Where to Draw the Line

July 2, 2009

Why We Build with Earthbags

July 31, 2012

Why Workshops Work

October 28, 2014

Window Sill Details

September 5, 2013

Wrap-Up of the Ontario Natural Building Coalition Annual Natural Building Conference

March 10, 2014