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Category Archives: Walls
Kyle Holzhueter makes a solid defense for using straw as an insulation material in the moist climate of Japan
This article first appeared in The Owner Builder 196 August/September 2016. www.theownerbuilder.com.au By Hannah Moloney As we live on a steep slope we’ve had to build a lot of retaining walls in…
The folks at Eco-Logis have shared a blog entry about The Bay eco-village in Quebec. Part of the article discusses their unique straw bale wall-building technique.
James Henderson shares his technique of using cob and plaster for finishing your interior walls.
Our own Satomi Lander and her husband Tom show us how they transformed what was a nondescript adobe wall into a beautiful feature in an older home.
Chris Magwood reviews a new product, which is a tape material used at joints between two materials for plaster reinforcing
In the second article of her series, Liz Johndrow teaches us about Adobe Mejorado, or adobe made better
In the first of a two part series article, Jacob Deva Racusin explains the differences in monitors for your walls. This is “must know” information for every builder and owner.
In this issue:
- BuildWell Library Launch
- Building Monitoring for Straw Bale Walls
- Adobe Floors – Part 2
- Polished Tosa Shikkui
- Choosing a Plaster System
- Tape vs. Mesh
- Book Reviews
- …and more.
Alex Sparrow walks us through a detailed explanation how to build hempcrete walls in part two of this series
Liz Johndrow introduces us to her activism through natural building in Nicaragua. This is the beginning of more articles about her work in Central America.
Chris Magwood brings us an enlightened view on a simple, abundant material with all of the right qualities
Our featured project in issue #65 is of a brewery in Oregon using straw-clay walls brought to you by Lydia Doleman
This feature project is of a solar, light clay-straw house in Western Colorado with all the bells and whistles.
Continuing his series on natural building in Asia, Kyle Holzheuter explores specific and appropriate examples in this latest article.
Alex Sparrow begins a two-part series on hemp lime, or hempcrete. Hemp lime is relatively new but is fast becoming part of the natural building lexicon.
Kyle Holzheuter takes on a tour of straw bale construction in Japan. This is the second in a multi-part series about natural building in Asia.
by Tom Woolley Ed Note: More in-depth information on hemp lime will be in Issue #64 due out in July. When Rachel Bevan and I did the research that led to…
By Andrew Morrison of strawbale.com There are many different approaches to framing a straw bale house; however, there is one in particular that I have used on the vast majority of…
