Light Clay Straw House by Shelter Building Design

Light Clay Straw House

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The walls of this house are built with an insulating, healthy, low embodies energy material known as Light Earth. Light Earth is made from straw coated in a light clay slip and placed into a temporary formwork supported off a centrally places structural timber frame. The build utilises recycled material throughout including, recycles Karri floorboards, recycled Australian Coachwood ceiling and recycled Oregon framing. New double glazed timber windows are used together with some recycled windows, combining the old and new. This is not a large house but the use of light and flow through rooms make it feel spacious. One of the most environmentally responsible things we can do is not build houses larger than we need. Photography: Keith Maxwell

The walls of this house are built with an insulating, healthy, low embodies energy material known as Light Earth. Read more

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A sustainable Light Clay Straw House featuring insulating Light Earth walls, recycled materials, and a harmonious blend of old and new elements, creating a spacious feel while prioritizing environmental responsibility.

The build utilises recycled material throughout including, recycles Karri floorboards, recycled Australian Coachwood ceiling and recycled Oregon framing. New double glazed timber windows are used together with some recycled windows, combining the old and new.

This is not a large house but the use of light and flow through rooms make it feel spacious. One of the most environmentally responsible things we can do is not build houses larger than we need.

Photography: Keith Maxwell

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“Kirstie Wulf worked closely with me to develop plans for a two bedroom strawbale house in the Blue Mountains. She does not drag her feet, nor does she impose her ideas. Rather, she honoured my original vision and made some very sensible tweaks and suggestions, all of which I adopted. She quickly created and rendered a 3D explorable computer model of the which included a little movie of how the light would pass through the rooms at different times of year. She really knows her stuff when it comes to sustainable building and passive solar design. Having a legal background she is very competent with getting things through regulatory processes such as Basix and Council approval procedures. She was realistic, thorough, positive and supportive throughout the whole endeavour.”

Jed Walker