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Carol Atkinson's strawbale cabin
(top)
This delightful loadbearing strawbale holiday home was cons-
tructed on a caravan chassis and moved to its present location
in Howden, East Yorks. Built to amazonails standard design,
it was the subject of research by Carol for her MSc thesis: see
www.homegrownhome.co.uk.
Photograph © Jakub Wihan
almost entirely by volunteers and project-managed by Emma
Appleton, now of amazonails.
Photograph © Barbara Jones
The Steiner School
(bottom right)
The first strawbale building in Ireland, built in 1996 for The
Steiner School, Holywood, Belfast, has loadbearing straw walls
with brick plinth foundations. It cost £7,000, with volunteer
labour and materials donated at cost.
Photograph © Barbara Jones
Hackney City Farm
(bottom left)
This large compressive frame strawbale extension to Hackney
City Farm, London, was completed in 2008. It was built
