Straw Bale

Kalamazoo Quaker-Catholic Worker

Project Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Building Type: Community Center, Residential – Mixed Development, Youth Center
Project Descripton: The Catholic Worker Movement, founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933, is grounded in a firm belief in the God-given dignity of every human person. Today over 185 Catholic Worker communities remain committed to nonviolence, voluntary....

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Northern Cheyenne Housing Prototypes

Project Location: Northern Cheyenne Nation, Montana, United States
Building Type: Residential - Single Family
Project Descripton: An Ecological, Affordable Home Prototype

“The Northern Cheyenne Tribe faces a severe shortage of housing with over 800 heads of household currently enrolled on our list waiting for homes. We would like to thank Red Feather for its....

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Hopi Nation Straw Bale Home

Project Location: Hotevilla, Arizona (Hopi Nation), United States
Building Type: Residential – 2 BR , Residential - Single Family, Assisted Living Facilities/Senior Centers
Project Descripton: An Ecological, Affordable Home Prototype

“I took the planner, surveyor and engineer from my office to see [the Hopi straw-bale home]. We all said, ‘I want one, too.’ We do have a housing problem here. We need homes, and this is....

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Open-source Straw Bale House

Project Location: Unspecified location
Building Type: Residential - Single Family
Project Descripton: An open-source straw bale housing prototype

“Straw bale construction is at once an American invention and a sustainable answer to housing needs on and off the reservation.”

— Rick West, Director, Smithsonian....

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Navajo Elder Straw Bale Housing

Project Location: Tuba City, Arizona (Navajo Nation), United States
Building Type: Residential - Single Family
Project Descripton: A family of community-designed housing prototypes

“Straw bale construction is at once an American invention and a sustainable answer to housing needs on and off the reservation.”

— Rick West, Director,....

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The Grand House Student Co-op

Project Location: Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Building Type: Residential – 4+ BR
Project Descripton: The GRAND HOUSE STUDENT CO-OPERATIVE is an incorporated, non-profit, housing co-op, with the goal of demonstrating sensitive aesthetic and environmental design, promoting innovative living and exploring both traditional and alternative construction....

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Hopi Nation Straw Bale Home

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Navajo Elder Straw Bale Housing

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