This booklet explores recent attempts to reduce those costs. The resulting design utilized straw-bale wall construction. Straw-bale building is a practical and perhaps under utilized construction method. Initiated in the United States at the turn of the century, straw-bale building is showing new merit in today's marketplace. Walls of straw, easily constructed and structurally sound, promise to take some of the pressure off of limited forest resources.
Straw is a viable building alternative, plentiful and inexpensive.
Properly constructed and maintained, the straw-bale walls, stucco exterior and plaster interior remain water proof, fire resistant, and pest free.