Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yvon Chouinard and the architect who designed his Ventura, California, home explain why the waste material is the next step in the ...

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Less than a mile from Napa’s 2017 fire ravages, designer-builder John Swearingen of Skillful Means is constructing a curious house: one made of compact, industrial-strength straw bales. Homeowner ...

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