"The external walls are straw bale and then we have the couple internal walls that are thermal rock mass walls," she says. "It's a proper house that meets the building code of Australia.

Roberta Strickler Jan 19, 2007 Jan 19, 2007 Updated Sep 11, 2013 Straw bale houses of the western Nebraska prairies were comfortable places built where there were no trees or sod. In Lancaster ...

cool-in-summer straw bale houses. Judy Knox, Matts Myhrman and Bill and Athena Steen will join straw bale builders from Europe and Australia to present slides and information about their projects ...