Kreider hired an architect and a builder for basic planning and to set up the frame ... window sills" are the first advantage he names when asked what's good about living in a straw bale house ...

When Kate Calvery came to me in early 1996 and asked me to design a straw bale house for her on Vashon ... lumber used was from TrusJoist MacMillan's Frame-Works Building System.

A time-honored method of construction will find new expression as a Columbia building company shows off its home built of prefabricated straw bale panels. The house, which its builders believe is ...