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New Photo Galleries online

Now its done. We have published a lot of photos in the new gallery section of this website. Enjoy, download or send us your pictures. Best, Herbert Gruber ...

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Straw Bale – Earth – Lime – Tadelakt – Workshop in Paleokastro, Crete (Greece)

Start: Friday, 27th of March 2015, 12:00, End: Tuesday, 31st of March 2015, 17:00 Trainers: Herbert Gruber (asbn – austrian strawbale network), Marta ...

The Fattoria 42 Workshop Series, Toffia, Italy

WHAT The Workshop Series envisage a multitude of different workshops within the same building site. Each workshop lasts for one week (comprising matters ...

Urban strawbale: Loadbearing Acrobax Tearoom, Library and Concert-Area, Rome, Italy, 2013

This is the load-bearing wall in bales, built by Bagstudio during a workshop in Rome, without interruption or counters, the longest ever made (34mt). It ...

Earthplaster- and Straw Bale-Courses in Hruby Sur, SK

Ekocentrum ArTUR Slovenská pošta Hrubý Šúr 903 01 Hrubý Šúr Slovenská republika Info about courses: http://ozartur.sk/aktivity/kurzy/   ...

Straw Bale Firetests

GERMANY: A firetest on a straw bale wall with 6 cm limeplaster (graefix 73 pajalith). The test was made 2012 on iBMB Braunschweig. The firetest for the 6 cm ...

Loadbearing Straw Bale House Schmidlin-Jeker, Wahlen, CH

"Das Gebäude ist eine Kombination aus dem klassischen, lasttragenden "vor-Ort" Strohbau und vorfabrizierten, strohgefüllten Holzelementen. Das ...

Rachel Shiamh’s Strawbale House in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

Rachel Shiamh lived off-grid in a shed in her woodland in Wales, carrying water from a local spring, using candlelight, a gas stove and a compost loo. She ...

Enno Narten Youth-Building on Castle Ludwigstein, DE

One of Germany's largest straw bale buildings is this Enno-Narten-Building at (Youth)Castle Ludwigstein in Germany, infilled, plastered and built entirely ...

StrawbaleBuilding Training & Education for Professionals, EU

STEP - the projects name stands for Strawbale Building Training and Education for Professionals. Participants are Austria – ASBN (Austrian StrawBale ...

Ecotopia Österlen in Tomellila, Sweden

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead Ecotopia ...

Fachkraft Strohballenbau at FASBA, DE

The german national association of building with straw bales (FASBA) is a non profit organisation with about 130 members and is acting nation wide. The ...

Aquaterra Environmental Center, France

The Aquaterra Environmental Center sits on what used to be the Drocourt coking plant, which began operation in 1925. The plant was one of the largest coke ...

Rome’s First Straw Bale House, Italy

Seeking to change the perception that straw bale buildings are only suitable for rural areas, Beyond Architecture Group Officinamobile (BAG) recently built ...

School of Natural Building (SNaB), UK

Training Programme Natural Building is not a science. It involves intuition as well as skill, knowledge and experience. Natural buildings are healthy ...

World’s First Strawbale Council Houses

Pair of semi-detached three bedroom council houses in Waddington, Lincolnshire. Designed by Kuba Wihan and Barbara Jones whilst at amazonails and built in ...

ASBN – straw bale workshops in Austria, AT

ASBN offers straw bale building & earthplaster-workshops each month from April to October on the "Virtual Building Site" in 3720 Ravelsbach, Lower ...

La Maison en Paille, Charente, FR

La Maison en Paille Rue de la Chaume 16120 ST SIMEUX Charente, France Tél : 05 45 66 27 ...

La construction paille arrive à maturité

Longtemps cantonnée à l'auto-construction, la construction paille semble enfin sortir de l'ombre, notamment grâce à la commande publique. Après des ...

Straw Bale Courses in Spain: Casas de Paja

Curso de Autoconstruccion con Balas de Paja, con Rikki Nitzkin y Maren Termens. L'Horta de la Viola, Palafrugell. Verano 2011 okambuva- cursos y talleres ...

Schelfbauhütte Schwerin: Alte Brauerei, DE

Seit 1865 wurde auf dem Gelände zwischen Knaudtstaße, Werderstraße und Speicherstraße Bier gebraut. Seit der Wende lag das Gelände der Schweriner ...

Atelier Werner Schmidt, CH

Strohhaus Fliri,

Strohballenpassivhaus in Böheimkirchen

Ein Haus mit Stroh dämmen - wie gut das funktioniert zeigt das Strohballenpassivhaus in Böheimkirchen. Das EU-geförderte Projekt wurde von der GrAT im ...

Strohplus: lasttragendes Strohballenhaus, AT

Ecococon straw panel presentation EN

architecture, développement durable, maison de paille, maison de bois

Eco-construction: le succès des maisons en paille

Maison passive en chantier

Retrouvez les détails de cette nouvelle étape, essentielle pour atteindre les performances énergétiques souhaitées, dans le numéro 60 du magazine La ...

Construction d’une maison passive, Minergie-P, Eco-Logis Mai 2010

Maison Feuillette

La construction en paille par des professionnels de la région Rhône-Alpes

Reportage sur la construction de Maison De Paille

Coralie Garcia: Construction Paille

Pailletech SCRL, BE

Paille-tech dans " une brique dans le ventre" RTBF from Pailletech SCRL on Vimeo. Reportage de l'émission " Une Brique dans le Ventre" de la RTBF, ...

Mfr Val Erdre, FR

Maison Familiale Rurale du Val d'Erdre - 551, rue d'Anjou - 44440 Riaillé Tél. 02.40.97.80.48 - Fax 02.40.97.88.77 - eMail ...

Le Gabion, FR

Association le GABION domaine du Pont Neuf 05200 EMBRUN Tél 04 92 43 89 66 http://gabionorg.free.fr/ Batiment experimental de l'asso Le Gabion from ...

Batipole en Limouxin, FR

BATIPOLE EN LIMOUXIN (Centre de formation en écoconstruction) Zone industrielle 11300 - SAINT MARIN DE VILLEREGLAN Tel : 04 68 31 32 ...

ECVET Earth Building, Lern.Lehm, EU

On the basis of the European Qualification Framework and of the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training, the LearnWithClay Project has ...

the culture of earth buildings, Scotland, UK

8 – 13th June 2015, Errol, Scotland In response to growing interest from our members for more activities, this year EBUK is organising a week-long ...

Simplicity rediscovered

(Eco-)Hameau des Buis, Ardeche, France

Sustainable village in Friland, Denmark

CAT – Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales

CAT - The Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales is at the forefront of sustainable building in the UK. The Centre for Alternative Technology or CAT ...

Simon Dale, Tony Wrench and Paul Wimbush about Lammas Ecovillage in Wales, UK

Lammas, the UK's first planned Ecovillage. Lammas is a project which began as a fireside chat (as so many do!). Fortunately, around the fire were some of ...

Cloughjordan Ecovillage – sustainable settlement in Ireland

Situated right next to the tranquil village of Cloughjordan, this is Ireland's first eco-village. Building commenced in 2009 and continues step by step. ...

Building a loadbearing Straw Bale House in Zaježka Ecovillage, Slovakia

Great movie about a workshop in Zazejova, featuring Jakub Wihan, Isabelle Melchior, Thomas Buzek and many others building a loadbearing straw bale house from ...

Slider European Straw Bale Gathering 2015

Slider Straw Bale School Issy de Moulineux, France

Slider NZNB Verden an der Aller, Germany

Slider University Nottingham, Straw Bale Building, UK

Slider Minergie-Straw Bale House Therwil, Switzerland

Slider First Vienna Straw Bale House, AT

Slider Wigglesworth Office, London, UK

Slider Inspire Business Park, UK

Slider Biobui(lt) Barcelona, Spain

Slider Huis van Stro, Amsterdam

Slider Montessori School, Avignon, France

Slider Lilac Straw Bale Cohousing, Leeds, UK

Slider Straw Bale Market La Damassine, France

Slider Jules Ferry Residence – highest straw bale building

Slider Montreuil Straw Bale School

Arkadien Winnenden, Germany

Don’t be put off by the cuteness! Arkadien Winnenden (Germany) is a hardcore industrial regeneration project. A diversity of high performance components ...

Urban Green: Singapore – biophilic city

Straw Bale: LILAC Cohousing in Leeds, UK

Standing for ‘Low Impact Living Affordable Community’ LILAC is the UK’s first cohousing project. A community of 20 people are living and sharing ...

Ecovillages and Eco-Communities in Europe: Siebenlinden, DE

Das Ökodorf Sieben Linden ist eine sozial-ökologische Modellsiedlung und Lebensgemeinschaft in der altmärkischen Gemeinde Beetzendorf (Sachsen-Anhalt). ...

Christie Walk: A Piece Of Ecocity

Christie Walk is a model ecological cohousing development in central Adelaide, Australia. It consists of 27 dwellings (including 2 straw bale houses), on a ...

The Nature of Cities

UNECE exhibition on sustainable housing

UNECE presented the exhibition "Building the Future We Want" at the Palais des Nations in Geneva (2012). The exhibition displays photos of sustainable ...

Nature is speaking: Ian Somerhalder is Coral Reef

Nature is speaking: Kevin Spacey is The Rainforest

Nature is speaking: Harrison Ford is The Ocean

Nature is speaking: Penélope Cruz is the Water

Nature is speaking: Julia Roberts is Mother Nature

Nature is speaking: Edward Norton is the Soil

ESBG 2013 Poland

ESBG 2011 Czech Republic

Permalot (Max Vittrup Jensen) hosted this ESBG in the small village Bouzov Podoli Maren Termens (ES) and Richard Lacortiglia (LeGabion, FR) from ...

ESBG 2009 Belgium

ESBG 2009 from dobraidea on Vimeo. Some say it was one of the best, for sure it was one of the biggest: ESBG organised by CasaCalida in ...

ESBG 2007 Germany

ESBG 2002 Austria

ESBG 2002 in Austria (Wachau) was organised by ASBN (Herbert & Astrid Gruber) together with Global 2000 and GrAT. Some of the 120 participants: Erwin ...

ESBG 2000 UK (WISE)

Redfield Community (Simon Pratt - bearded in the last row) invited in 2000 to the ESBG in UK with Martin Oehlmann (3rd from left, FR), Jolien van der Maden ...

ESBG 1999 Denmark

Lars Keller (photo below in front of a loadbearing straw bale house) and Harald Wedig (left back) organised this second ESBG in Denmark (the first ESBG was ...

Urban Strawbale: School in Montreuil, Paris

The Straw Bale School in Montreuil, Paris, will most probably be the place for the ESBG 2015 (yet the final decision is not made now). It is a ...

Urban Strawbale: Jules Ferry Residence

The project consists of 2 buildings (one is the highest ever made straw bale building with 7 stories) which combine an architectural and urban approach. ...

Urban Strawbale: Office Sarah Wigglesworth, London

Wigglesworth founded Sarah Wigglesworth Architects (SWA) in 1994. Her practice developed a reputation for ecological buildings and a particular fascination for ...

Urban Strawbale: NZNB Verden, DE

The North German Centre for Sustainable Construction (NZNB) has been built on the site of the former Lindhooper barracks in artillery road in Verden/Aller. ...

Urban Strawbale: Montessori School in Avignon

FR: Bâtiment existant en parpaings avec charpente métallique et couverture en bac acier isolé conservés. Mise en conformité vis-à-vis des ...

Urban Strawbale: Modcell, UK

Inspire Bradford Business Park has been built on a brownfield site close to Eccleshill Community Hospital in Bradford, the main contractor is Stainforth ...

Urban Strawbale: La Damassine

Tous les amoureux de la nature se sont donné rendez-vous vendredi 8 octobre à Vandoncourt pour inaugurer la Damassine, la maison des vergers, du ...

Urban Strawbale: Gateway Building University of Nottingham

Make Architects took one of the most traditional building materials, straw, and elevated it into cutting edge, sustainable building technology. The Gateway ...

Urban Strawbale: Erstes Wiener Strohhaus, Vienna

Conversion and expansion of a single-story courtyard garage-building in Vienna to create a house and architectural office for AllmerMacke with 180 m2 total ...

Urban Straw Bale: BioBui(l)t Barcelona

BioBui(l)t Txema in Barcelona (opposite to the famous Richard Meyer Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona) is an urban “playground” for natural ...

Community Building: Robbiton Playground Vienna

The two buildings in this Robbiton Playground in Vienna (Wiener Kinderfreunde) with a total of about 100 m2 were made almost entirely of natural materials, ...

Urban Strawbale: School Louise Michel in Issy du Moulineaux

FR: La nouvelle école Louise Michel d'Issy-les-Moulineaux fait appel à un matériau naturel: la paille. Le choix de la paille s'inscrit dans une approche ...

Urban Strawbale: Huis van Stro, Amsterdam

This 5 story eco family house in Ijburg, Amsterdam, featuring prefab walls insulated with straw bales and finished with earth plaster, was planned by ...

Logos ESBG 2015

These Logos and Files are transparent PNG files, so you can insert it as a top layer over photos, graphics or any other background. The idea with the ...

Straw goes Urban: join the discussion

We`d like to start a discussion, what is necessary, to build urban projects in a sustainable way, not just reducing energy-consumption or CO2, lets also think ...