Projects

Jumbo strawbale house , Victoria
Steel frame, in-fill with jumbo strawbales (2.4 m x 900 mm x 600 mm);
wheat straw from Ganmain, New South Wales

 
Steel frame with in-fill  
       
Front of house showing strawbale in-fill
 
Internal bracing of steel frame showing earthen cob mix as fill for holes etc.  
 
Slip coat of straw and earth slurry on eastern wall
 
First render coat and slip coat onto northern and western walls
 
 
Steel-roof trusses with crane
 
Golden Ganmain clay for earthen render mix
 
 
Maudie's magical mix — clay, lime, chaff and sand — going onto earth render
 
Dormer windows on southern wall
 
 
House with winery in the background
 
Winery and house, 30 March 2003  
 
Full frontal of the winery and house
   
The truth window a wine barrell — what else?
 
   
The kitchen area — lime putty, almond colour
 
The front or southern wall
   
Two jumbo bale buildings together in Lethbridge
 

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