Straw Bale Barnhaus

This straw bale Barnhaus is the winning entry in the NASBA housing contest in the UK.
This straw bale Barnhaus is the winning entry in the NASBA housing contest in the UK.

Jason keeps sending me great suggestions for our blog. Today’s post is about the winning home design in the NASBA contest. This super energy efficient strawbale house is fast and easy to construct because it uses pole construction.

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A Cleverly Converted Barn

remodeled barn

“Interior designer Glenda Martin worked on the offices of some of Silicon Valley’s largest tech companies and, later, on the luxurious homes of the people who founded them. But what she considered her best work was her smallest -a 650-square-foot barn-turned-house that she designed for herself in Sonoma County.

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