Maddison follows the adventures of ambitious families pursuing architectural dreams. Across 12 months — and sometimes longer — he charts the in-depth, sometimes catastrophic and always serendipitous ...

People have built houses from straw since the Paleolithic Era, but modern straw bale construction originated on the plains of Nebraska more than 100 years ago. Andrew Morrison of StrawBale.com says ...

Despite a bad reputation in children's stories, straw buildings can be sustainable, comfortable, and, above all, solid and resistant. Several studies and experiments have been carried out with this ...

Thank you so much for the wonderful story about Lou Harrison’s Joshua Tree straw-bale house (“An Original Composition,” Feb. 12) and your important column on straw-bale construction (“It’s What’s ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- How far would you go to get a house that only costs $1.25 a day to heat in the winter? Better question: Would you live in a house built with straw bales? That idea, which began in ...

WEBSTER TOWNSHIP, MI -- A huff and a puff won’t blow this straw bale house down. A workshop teaching 43 participants how to build a straw bale home took place on Boyden Drive in Webster Township, ...

JUDY KNOX AND her husband Matts Myhrman say Tucson is on its way to becoming known world-wide as the center--if not quite the birthplace--of straw bale construction. This weekend Out on Bale, the ...

HOVLAND -- A half-mile down a dirt driveway through woods, a stack of straw bales signals one's arrival at Chris and Cameron Norman's new home. Approach the house, and the scattering of straw on the ...

Wolff and her husband, Steve Tarr, are building a 2,600-square-foot house in South Akron, Ohio, using bales of wheat straw for insulation. The house's frame is similar to that used in conventional ...