Strawbale house

Ive always like the Santa Fe look.

http://images.google.com.au/images?s...ecture&spell=1

http://justinsomnia.org/images/santa...chitecture.jpg

Al :)

Sorry guys, that bloke is proving hard to track down. Will have another go tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by Clinton1

Sorry guys, that bloke is proving hard to track down. Will have another go tomorrow.

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Hes in the car that just crashed into the tree..

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=28701

Al :p

Very quick Al, very quick.:D

ozwinner my main man, love that style too, those logs through the wall for the roof are so cool...greek, mexican, santa fa, it's all good and all seems to revolve around similar architecture...

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Originally Posted by la Huerta

ozwinner my main man, love that style too, those logs through the wall for the roof are so cool...greek, mexican, santa fa, it's all good and all seems to revolve around similar architecture...

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Santa Fe adobe was the poor mans house, now, you have to be rich to live in one.

Al :(

I think I would like a house that looked like it just grew out of the ground.

Orgasmic like.

The house that Orgasmo Built. :p
Roll up, roll up........https://www.ubeaut.biz/shout.gif

Al :D

yes rich would be handy, then you could build this

http://www.careyes.com.mx/oriente/ORIEN02.jpg

http://www.careyes.com.mx/oriente/ORIEN05.jpg

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Originally Posted by la Huerta

yes rich would be handy, then you could build this

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No thanks, too flash for me.
I like simple styles.

Al :)

what !!! that is simple, big but simple, very similar minimalist form as the santa fa...

perhaps this one's for you (change the colour if you like)

http://www.careyes.com.mx/rosa/P0001595.jpg

this is the inside

http://www.careyes.com.mx/rosa/index.htm

http://www.careyes.com.mx/rosa/IMG_4878.jpg

http://www.careyes.com.mx/rosa/P0001159.jpg

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Originally Posted by ozwinner

And then there is this.
http://www.au.store.yahoo.com/solaro...winhybsys.html

All in my to do tray.:o
I have a few projects to finish and then I will be building a house somewhere, incorperating all this technology.
Al :)

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Thank's for the links Al.We live in our own passive solar muddie ,but it still need's
improvement's -retrofitting for energy efficiency(heating ,cooling)grey water recycling (seen an article recently in-Re-New- about grey water recycling sytem) http://www.greenmakeover.com.au prefiltering ,before it enters the tank.There are comercialy available products ,but after trying out some and have made some myself i'm a bit more cautious on what i buy .
Regards ,Bela

Bela...did you build the whole house yourself, i'm very interesed in the tryumphs of my fellow humans...any pics !!!

this is a straw bale house...actually a winery !

http://strawbale.archinet.com.au/Graphics/Leth16.jpg