architect florian hopper has built a number of houses using straw. but this is the first time he's designed a house. on the load bearing substance. the idea is simple but construction requires a lot of care and attention to detail. you're looking through to fill the gaps between the bells in order to create a more or less seamless mass god's will. have to. play plaster is not suitable for exterior is it can't withstand rain and snow so hope his new house is coated with a tougher line plaster the building is that she two homes side by side harper and his family all live in one of them. the outer walls are one meter twenty thick. you have to harvest the amount of straw would have been enough in terms of insulation required by the building code but twice as much as twice as good as. this five story building in the town of baird and is also made with straw bales so supported by a structure of wooden posts and beams. that houses the north german center for sustainable construction ditmar head can teaches courses on ecological building he says store is the