The Beauty of Straw Bale Homes

Athena Swentzell Steen and Bill Steen

Table of Contents

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION: DESIGNING A BEAUTIFUL HOME

STRAW AND HAY: THE TEST OF TIME 2
Fawn Lake Ranch
The Different Types of Straw Bale Walls
The Martin / Monhart House
Chuck and Mary Bruner's House
The Feuillette House
Traditional Mexican Straw Homes
The Right Straw

ARIZONA 10
Pam Tillman's House
Julie Harding's House
An Arizona Ranch Chapel
John Poseley and Margaret O'Donnell's House
The R-Value of Straw Bales
The Canelo Project: Bill and Athena Steen's Home
Matts Myhrman and Judy Knox's Retrofit
Retrofitting Existing Buildings
Bob Cook and Friederike Almstedt's Guest House Retrofit
Recipe for Casein Paints

TEXAS 30
Amy and Frank Meyer's Straw Bale Addition

CANADA 32
The Sivananda Yoga Center
The Brisette / Panfili House
The Warburton House
Auberge á la Croisée des Chemins
Finishes for Straw Bale Walls

MICHIGAN 40
Straw Bale Studio

MEXICO 42
The Save the Children Office Building
Recipe for Clay Paint or Alis
Casas que Cantan: A Women's Building Project in Mexico
Myra Valdez's New Home
Elizabeth Nuzum's Studio

NEW MEXICO 54
The Swentzell's Guest House
Nöel Bennett's House
Moisture Guidelines for Straw Bale Houses
Steve and Nena MacDonald's House
Sue Mullen and Oscar Davis's Residence
The Lama and Colombo House
Recipe for Blended Gypsum Plaster
Ginna Sloan's House
The House Built by Bob Munk
Carol Anthony's Cloister and Sanctuary

COLORADO 74
Paula Breymeier's House
Roofs for Straw Bale Houses

CALIFORNIA 78
Laurie Roberts and Lane McClelland's Studio
Straw Bale Vault and Cob Office: Permaculture Institute of Northern California
Ken Haggard and Polly Cooper's Residence, Guest House, and Architectural Studio
Natural Conditioning and Thermal Mass
Heidi Schlect and Sterling Keene's Greenhouse Cottage
Jan Edlstein's Meditation Room
Ferrous Sulfate Color for Cement Stucco or Lime Plasters
David Warkentin's House
Real Goods Solar Living Center
Michelle Landsberger and Debrae Lopes's House
East Bay Waldorf School
Eugene DeChristopher and Nan Ayers's Cottage
How much Does a Straw Bale House Cost?
John Hammond and Sayako Daikiri's Straw Bale Cottage
The Hermitage at Santa Sabina Retreat Center
Frog Hollow Farm
Joan Crowley and Gene Schott's House

KEEPING CURRENT WITH STRAW BALE BUILDING DEVELOPMENTS 114