What Is a Straw Bale House?

What Is a Straw Bale House?

Brief  A straw bale house is made using straw as either a main structural element, insulation, or both. The buildings are constructed by stacking rows of compact straw bales on a strong foundation before sealing with a moisture barrier and outer plaster layer. They...
How to Install a Fence Post

How to Install a Fence Post

Brief  Want to learn how to install a fence post to save yourself paying a professional to do the job for you? You’ve come to the right place. It may be one of those garden jobs which, like me, you’d automatically dismiss as being outside your skill set...
Huge Shenzhen Rooftop Transformed Into Elevated Park

Huge Shenzhen Rooftop Transformed Into Elevated Park

Brief  Shenzhen has rapidly grown from a fishing village to a megacity home to around 17 million. To help add a little greenery to the concrete megalopolis, Crossboundaries has turned a metro station roof into a large elevated park measuring 1.2 km long.  ...
A Wall of Iron, Sensors and Concrete!

A Wall of Iron, Sensors and Concrete!

Brief  IDF chief Aviv Kohavi says new 40-mile above- and below-ground fence is changing the reality along the restive border, where subterranean attacks have dogged the military for years.   Insight NETIV HA’ASARA — Standing in the shadow of a 30-foot-high...
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