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By Elaine Brett Twelve years ago I had never even heard of building with straw. I lived in a four-bedroom colonial house in a subdivision in Maryland. The conventional American…
As an update to this post about the Feuillette House in France, here is a patent in the United States for straw bale construction. It was filed on June 6, 1921…
Reviewed by Jeff Ruppert Earth Render: The art of clay plaster, render and paints by James Henderson is a refreshing, easy approach to what can become an overwhelming process. As…
By Kyle Holzhueter Editors Note – This article is a feature length pictorial look at the various aspects of natural building in Korea. The full-length article will be in the…
This article originally appeared in TLS #55 and was the feature article in that issue. by Wayne Bingham and Colleen Smith – Idaho, USA Our interest in straw-bale construction grew…
This article appeared in TLS issue #42. This issue includes articles about experimentation and development of bales made from various types of materials. Articles about methods and equipment for spraying…
This article appeared in TLS #57. Loose Strings: Technical Discussions by Jeff Ruppert – Colorado, USA T e c h T i p s A little known fact in the…
This article appears in issue #57 of TLS. There have been other articles about moisture sensors in recent years. by Habib John Gonzalez – British Columbia, Canada This article appeared…
This is original content and has not appeared in the printed version of The Last Straw. In mid August of 2008 we saw ourselves back on the plane to Siberia. …
This article appeared in TLS #43. by Gernot Minke – University of Kassel, Germany Note: This article is excerpted from Earth Construction Handbook (by Gernot Minke, WIT Press, Southhampton, Boston,…
This article originally appeared in TLS issue #50, 2005 by Tony Caniglia – Colorado, USA This technique was developed to reduce the amount of fill with loose straw or straw/clay…
This article appeared in TLS #59. Turko Semmes is a licensed general contractor from San Luis Obispo County, California, and one of the foremost experts in straw-bale building techniques. A…
This article is original content and has not yet appeared in the printed version of The Last Straw. St. Astier Natural Limes, a producer of hydraulic lime products from…
This article appeared in TLS #53. The topic of this issue is Moisture. It contains an extensive article about Moisture Basics and Straw-Bale Moisture Basics (by John Straube, edited by…
Included in TLS #49 (Myths and Realities, Spring 2005) was a discussion of ways to deal with moisture at the bottom of windows. David Eisenberg shared a written design detail for…
This article originally appeared in TLS #55. This article is one of several natural building materials covered in the issue. There are earthbag articles in these other issues: #52 An…
This article originally appeared in TLS #49. Articles on straw-bale wall panel systems are included in issues #30, #42, #47, #48, #55. by Matt Robinson – Arizona, USA Northen Arizona…
Currently in rough draft form, this information is the beginning preparation for an article or perhaps two that will appear in a future issue of The Last Straw journal with…
This article is original content and has not yet appeared in the printed version of The Last Straw. This story is a reluctant one about a house comprised of both…
