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		<title>Eden Strawbale Home</title>
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Eden is a straw bale home and office located in Wilmington, Vermont. Designed by LineSync Architecture, this two storey house is based on a simple post frame structure of heavy timbers wrapped with straw bale, offering higher insulation and a more free and organic home design.




Inspired by the tradition of living over the &#8217;shop&#8217;, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Straw Bale Hybrid Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 06:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Located in New Mexico, this small house (less than 800 sq. ft.) generates all of its own electricity. By the use of green construction materials this compact home incorporates passive solar heating and cooling, where straw bale exterior walls insulate and interior adobe thermal mass walls absorb heat.

Building small saves money in the construction costs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cob homes</title>
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Cob houses, or earth homes in general, are so attuned to their surroundings, they are the ultimate expression of ecological design. With recent rises in lumber prices and increasing interest in natural and environmentally safe building practices, cob is enjoying a renaissance.

Cob, meaning a lump or rounded mass, has been using the oldest, most available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Superadobe earth home</title>
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Interested in sustainable living? Take a look at the earth Superadobe home by Iranian architect, Nader Khalili. Living in a house made of earth may sound a bit off-the-grid; however, earth architecture is a proven form of sustainable living. Did you know that approximately one third of the world&#8217;s population live in earth houses ?

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		<title>Straw House prefab home</title>
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The Straw House, located in Eschenz, Switzerland, has a simple, formal shape. However, this experimental prefab is far from simple because of its highly innovative materials.

Made form solid panels composed of compressed straw and wood particles and a small concrete core, this prefab home is unique as well as highly sustainable. I like how the [...]]]></description>
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