http://housedesignonline.com Designing your dream house online Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:33:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://housedesignonline.com/natural-homes-map/ http://housedesignonline.com/natural-homes-map/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:59:43 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=832 (with thanks to Oliver @ http://naturalhomes.org) The Natural Homes Map shows you where to find natural homes of straw bale, cob, earthbag, green oak timber frame and others with links to the owner’s web site. The Natural Builders Map shows you where you can find a natural builder with a link to the builder’s web [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/natural-homes-map/feed/ 0 http://housedesignonline.com/eco-living-festival/ http://housedesignonline.com/eco-living-festival/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:48:44 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=734 Congratulations to Peter, Alanna and all involved in the Eco Living Festtival which took place over the weekend.  The festival took place in the scenic little village of Drumsna on the banks of the majestic Shannon River near Carrick-on-Shannon in Co. Leitrim. There was something of interest for anyone interesting in ways to live more sustainably. [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/eco-living-festival/feed/ 0 http://housedesignonline.com/green-books/ http://housedesignonline.com/green-books/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 20:37:14 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=701 House Design has teamed up with “Green Books” to provide a wonderful selection of books covering all aspects of Ecobuilding and Sustainable Living. Green Books are an independent UK publishing company, producing books on a wide range of environmental and cultural issues. From time to time we will be featuring books, which we believe will [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/green-books/feed/ 0 http://housedesignonline.com/introduction-strawbale-building/ http://housedesignonline.com/introduction-strawbale-building/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 09:30:49 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=684 Introduction to Strawbale building. A 1 day course that covers strawbale building history and it’s place in contemporary design and build, introduces the environmental and health benefits of strawbale buildings, and will give you practical knowledge of how strawbale is used in design and construction. It also includes an overview of the next steps to [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/introduction-strawbale-building/feed/ 0 http://housedesignonline.com/straw-bale-building-2/ http://housedesignonline.com/straw-bale-building-2/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 09:16:45 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=682 If you are interested in strawbale building, there are a couple of websites that might be of use. The first is Strawbale.com and is dedicated to anyone interested in building their own straw bale house. The site has offers on Strawbale building resources including very useful instructional DVDs.  If you are brand new to straw [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/straw-bale-building-2/feed/ 0 http://housedesignonline.com/straw-bale-building/ http://housedesignonline.com/straw-bale-building/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 09:34:32 +0000 greenbuilder http://housedesignonline.com/?p=653 Led by ‘Amazonails’ Strawbale building experts this course will look at the history and use of straw bale buildings, different techniques, planning considerations and how to build. There will be practical workshops on the load bearing method, plaster and render preparation, and lime and earth finishes. FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE var myTarget='http://track.webgains.com/click.html?wglinkid=62045&wgcampaignid=59136&js=0'; var uri [...] ]]> http://housedesignonline.com/straw-bale-building/feed/ 2