Handbuch Strohballenbau

Straw bale construction explained in the book

A construction manual.

In recent years, straw has been rediscovered as an inexpensive building material with very good thermal insulation properties. The authors describe the construction methods and the technical particularities that matter when working with straw as a building material, and they present, in concrete and practical terms, constructions and execution details with which well insulated and durable homes can be built from straw bales.
With advice on the surface treatment of wall surfaces, concrete instructions for the construction process and descriptions of many projects already completed.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gernot Minke is professor emeritus at the University of Kassel. There, in the Department of Architecture, he heads the Building Research Institute (FEB) and also works as a freelance architect, author of technical books and consultant on building biology. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Krick is an architect and lecturer in natural building. He wrote his doctoral thesis on straw bale construction and now works at the Passive House Institute in Darmstadt.

Minke, G.; Krick, B. Handbuch Strohballenbau Grundlagen, Konstruktionen, Beispiele 2nd completely revised, expanded and redesigned edition 2009 141 pages, 21 cm × 28 cm with many partly coloured illustrations hardback ISBN 978-3-936896-45-9