Short description
Presents a standard reference for architects and other building professionals who want to design with plastered straw bales.
Long description
For the first time, a design manual for practicing professionals, drawing on the collective experience of the most senior and respected figures in the rapidly-emerging field of straw bale construction. This is the only book that provides truly useful information to architects, engineers, building officials and builders who want to design intelligently with plastered straw bales.
Review
This authoritative source of information on the technology of straw bale building is long overdue, and raises both the art and science of low impact building to a new level. Tom Woolley, Professor of Architecture, Queen's University, Belfast, author of Natural Building and The Green Building Handbook Bruce King's previous books have become essential references, and I am sure this well-structured volume will become the standard reference of straw bale construction. Hugh Morris, Senior Tutor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland