Straw Bale Resources 2000
Prepared by David A. Bainbridge
Associate Professor
United States International College of Business
Alliant International University
San Diego, CA 92131
Key articles and selected older material on farm use
Too many recent articles to index, see particularly The Last Straw,
volume #1-29.
A well thought out commercial straw bale temporary building system for
animal shelter and food storage was for sale in England under the name
"Con-tented Structures", Blacke Lyon Associates, Norfolk, FAX
0366 501042 (in 1991).
Andersen, B.H. 1989. The Danish Solution to Housing Outdoor Pigs.
PIGS.
5 (May-June):12-13.
Andersen, B.H. and Homegaard, P. 1987. Hytter og klimatelt til alterativt
svinehold (Huts and tents for alternative pig
husbandry) 5 Nov. Statens
Byggesforskingstnst (POB 119 2970, Horsholm,
Denmark).
Bainbridge, D.A. 1986. High performance, low-cost buildings of straw.
Agriculture,
Ecosystems, Environment 16(3):281-284.
Bainbridge, D.A. 1986. Straw bale buildings. Permaculture Activist.
24:12-13.
Bainbridge, D.A. 1987. Straw bale construction. Working Paper #5, Dry
Lands
Research Institute, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA
12 p.
Bainbridge, D.A. 1987. Straw bale construction. Poster presented at the
12th
Passive Solar Conference, Portland, Oregon 1987.
Portions appeared in the
Proceedings of the Conference, American Section
International Solar Energy
Society, ed. by Andrejko, D.A. and Hayes, J. Vol.
12, pp. 250-253. ASISES,
Boulder, CO.
Bainbridege, D.A. 1988. Better homes with gardens. Amandla 1:8 (reprinted
Permaculture Activist)
Bainbridge, D.A. and Myhrman, M. 1991. Straw bale building systems.
Proceedings of the International Solar Society
Meetings, Denver.
pp. 2611-2616. 1991 Solar World Congress,
Pergamon Press, NY.
Bainbridge, D.A. 1992. Straw Bale Buildings: A Bibliography in Progress.
Groundworks International, Riverside, CA 4 p.
(~100 sources)
Bainbridge, D.A. with A. and B. Steen. 1992. Plastered Straw Bale
Construction.
Canelo Project, Elgin AZ 46 p.
Bainbridge, D.A., Hofmeister, R., MacDonald, S.O. 1993. Roots and revival:
working group reports. First National Straw Bale
Building Conference. Arthur,
Nebraska. Out on Bale, Tucson, AZ.
Cleland, S.B. 1942 [1941]. Straw sheds. Univ. of Minnesota, Extension
Bulletin
227, St. Paul, MN.
Doolittle, B. 1973. A round house of straw bales. Mother Earth News
19:52-57.
Doughty, T. (editor). 1990. Bales form emergency bunker. The Dakota
Farmer,
p. 31, April 7.
Douglas, R.J. and Langford, L.H. 1954. Inexpensive winter shelter for
hogs.
Bi-Monthly Bulletin. North Dakota Agric. Exp.
Sta., 16:4 (Mar-Apr.):139-40.
Edminster, A. 1995. Strawbale construction: investigation of environmental
impacts. A.V. Edminster design. Pacifica, CA. 115
p. thesis
[avedminster@earthlink.net]
Eisenberg, D., Mhyrman, M. and Knox, J. 1993. Summary results of a
structural
straw bale testing program. Community Information
Resource Center,
PO 42663, Tucson, AZ 85733.
Extension Agricultural Engineer. 1930. Straw barn for sheep or cattle, 24'
X 90',
End wall door, Plan # ND B-711, North Dakota
State University, Fargo, ND.
Extension Agricultural Engineer. 1930. Straw Barn for Cattle, 20'28', End
wall
Door, Plan # ND B-712, North Dakota State
University, Fargo, ND.
Extension Agricultural Engineer. 1934. Straw barn for poultry, 20'X20',
End wall
Door, Plan # ND B-713, North Dakota State
University, Fargo, ND.
Extension Agricultural Engineer. 1924. Straw shed demountable roof frame,
19'X23', Plank and Wire, Plan # ND B-8-1-1, North
Dakota State University,
Fargo, ND.
Extension Agriculture Engineer. 1943. Straw barn framing 28'X32', Post
beam &
wire Plan # ND 725-3-1, North Dakota State
University, Fargo, ND.
Extension Agriculture Engineer. 1943. Special Circular A-54, Straw shed
for cattle
and sheep. 4p, Extension Service, North Dakota
Agric. College, Fargo, ND.
Extension Agriculture Engineer. 1943. Special Circular A-55, Straw shed
for
poultry, 4p, Extension Service, North Dakota
Agric. College, Fargo ND.
Faller, T., Nudell, D., Olson, R., and Stecher, D. 1990. A shed made from
straw
used for a sheep shelter, 31st Annual Western
Dakota Sheep Day Report,
North Dakota State University, February.
Hettinger Res./Ext. Center.
(PO 507, Hettinger, ND 58639).
Gagne, L. 1986. A Straw Bales/Mortar House Demonstration Project. Canada
Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Housing
Technology Incentives Program.
Ottawa, Ontario 42 p.
Gergen, B. 1987. Low-cost calving shed made from straw bales. Farm Show
11:6
(PO 1029, Lakeville, MN, 55044).
Glassford, J. 2000. Monica's Winery. Details on big bale and sb
construction in
Australia. [http://strawbale.archinet.com.au]
or huffnpuff@shoal.net.au
Haggard, K. and P. 1998. Rising from the ashes: a study in sustainability.
Solar
Today. 12(5):26-30.
Hammond, J. 1979. Straw bale house. Winds of Change, Winter(Feb/Mar):8
(Winters, CA).
Johnson, D.W. 1990. Straw bales make cheap buildings. Grainews.
July:25,42-3,
(PO 660, Winnipeg, MB, Rc3 3A7).
Johnson, D.W. 1990. Build yourself a low-cost straw bale barn. Farm Show
14:2
(PO 1029, Lakeville, MN, 55044).
Johnson, D.W. 1990. Farm buildings using rectangular or round baled
roughage.
American Society of Agricultural Engineers paper
#904550, Presented at the
1990 Winter Meeting. ASAE St. Joseph, MI 49085 10
p.
Johnson, D.W. 1990. Old tricks work with new bale shapes. The Dakota
Farmer
108:4(Feb 17):34-5 (7900 International Dr.,
Minneapolis, MN. 55425).
Johnson, H. (editor). 1984. Straw bale grain bins. Farm Show. 8:1-7 (PO
1029,
Lakeville, MN 55044).
Johnson, H. (editor). 1987. Round bale shed. Farm Show. 11:6.
Johnson, H. (editor). 1982. Straw provides low cost shelter for livestock.
Farm
Show. 6:1.
Mhyrman, M. 1989. We just sort of stood the hayfield up on end. Earthcare,
the
Journal of Amaterra 3 p
Myhrman, M. 1990. One man's straw bale odyssey. Permaculture Drylands
Journal
10, Spring.
Myhrman, M. 1991. Straw bale update. Permaculture Drylands Journal 14:
3-5.
Smith, M. 1989?. Baled Hay Houses. pp. 44-45. In Arthur County's 75 years
of
History, Homesteaders and Homemakers. Arthur
County Historical Society
Book Committee Arthur Nebraska.
Sorenson, D. 1982. Hog barn built with straw bales. Farm Show. 6(6):21.
Strang, G. 1985. Straw bale studio. Fine Homebuilding. 12/84-1/85:70-72.
Tilley, R.D. 1991. Blueprint for survival. Architecture May. 64-71.
Welsch, R.L., 1970. Sandhill baled construction. Keystone Folklore
Quarterly
15(1):16-34.
White, N. and Iwanicha,C. 1997. Lateral Testing of a Stucco-covered
Straw-bale
Wall. Architectural Engineering Department,
California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo, CA.
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