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Straw-bale construction has encountered issues regarding building codes depending on the location of the building. [15] [16] However, in the USA, the introduction of Appendices S and R in the 2015 International Residential Code has helped to legitimize and improve understanding of straw-bale construction. In France, the approval in 2012 of ...
Honeycrock Farm in Salfords, Surrey was the subject of a lengthy legal battle to demolish a Mock Tudor family home that was built without planning permission.The action was taken by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council after the site's owner built a large dwelling (c.2001) concealed behind a haystack.
1972-1975: Prototype Roof Pond House. This solar house was built in 1972 as a prototype for the roof pond system of heating and cooling invented by Harold Hay. Several aspects distinguish the project: First documented 100 percent heated and cooled passive solar building. Only instrumented solar house in operation during the 1973 energy crisis.
Sod house – Turf house used in early colonial North America; Straw-bale construction – Building method that uses bales of straw; Superadobe – Form of earthbag construction; Vernacular architecture – Architecture based on local needs, materials, traditions; Woodway House – Historic house in Devon, England, a typical Devon cob building
A beaverslide is a device for stacking hay, made of wooden poles and planks, that builds haystacks of loose, unbaled hay to be stored outdoors and used as fodder for livestock. The beaverslide consists of a frame supporting an inclined plane up which a load of hay is pushed to a height of about 30 feet (9 m), before dropping through a large gap.
Wigglesworth founded her own architectural practice in 1994. [2] Her practice has a reputation for sustainable architecture using alternative, low energy materials. [3] The practice designed the Straw Bale House in Islington, London, [4] as a home for Wigglesworth and her partner, Jeremy Till, as well as an office for Sarah Wigglesworth Architects.
Reconstructed crannog on Loch Tay, Scotland. A roundhouse is a type of house with a circular plan, usually with a conical roof. In the later part of the 20th century, modern designs of roundhouse eco-buildings were constructed with materials such as cob, cordwood or straw bale walls and reciprocal frame green roofs.
Chaang Ghar – A type of stilt house built in Assam state of India. It is mainly found in flood-prone areas of the Brahmaputra river valley. Thai stilt house – A kind of house often built on freshwater, e.g., a lotus pond. Vietnamese stilt house – Similar to the Thai ones, except having a front door with a smaller height for religious reasons.