Alex Henderson of The Last Straw spoke with Raivo Vihman of Haystack Joinery and Andrew Frederick of Croft about their recent collaboration designing and building a house for a farmer in Northern Maine. The project merges timber frame and straw panel construction, creating an innovative hybrid system that solves a…
Jenna Yu was designing straw bale houses in California when a move back to Rhode Island inspired her to build an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) insulated with straw. This piece describes how and why she built with Ecococon straw panels.This project is located in: Köppen–Geiger Zone Dfa, ICC Climate Zone…
For more information on Strawtegi's CO2ttage in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. go to: www.strawtegi.org or read the project overview featured in The Last Straw Issue No. 71.This project is located in: Köppen–Geiger Zone BSk, ICC Climate Zone 5b, in an area with 5326 Heating Degree Days and 1803 Cooling…