#strawbale

This 1515 sq. ft. home was designed to be built over a 680 sq. ft. walk-out basement workshop, but it can easily be built as a single story 1 bedroom (plus loft), 1 bathroom, 730 sq. ft. cottage. Its traditional L-shape design was created to fit its historic Nevada City, California site; however, it will be at home in nearly any setting. Combining siding types adds great character to an already interesting cottage home. The original Lost Hill Farm Cottage project was completed in late 2015. It sits nicely on a site that slopes significantly toward the East and/or South but, as noted, will also work as a single-story structure on a flattish site.

Straw-bale house building

Alternate House Design Concepts & Materials

Building a loadbearing strawbale wall for a nursery school - feb/june 2017

Simon Dale’s new low-impact strawbale home in Lammas Ecovillage. Still only half-finished, but it already looks beautiful! Read more here.