Nick wanted to construct a greener alternative to traditional house building methods and built his home out of straw bales.
An Orkney Straw House #EarthDay
Orkney’s Straw House
Nick wanted to construct a greener alternative to traditional house building methods and built his home out of straw bales.
Orkney’s Straw House
Topped with a turf roof adorned with wild flowers and an ever watchful cat Nick Morrison’s Orkney Straw House in Orphir overlooks Scapa Flow.
Talking Thatch
The Old House, as it was known, with one of my cousins standing in the doorway – probably in the 1960’s.
January View From Orphir
Peedie video from Nick
Straw House Features at the Science Festival
Nick gave the audience an informative and fascinating account of how to build a house using the straw bale technique.
See For Yourself: Energy Saving with a Straw Bale House
Free tour on Sunday 10th September – first bus leaves at 12 noon from Tesco car park booking required
Building a House of Straw: Update
The Straw bale house features a turf roof.
Nick Morrison: Building a House of Straw Part 4
“For the past 3 weeks Nick Morrison has shared his story of building his house of straw in Orphir, Orkney in this final installment what went wrong…”
Nick Morrison: Building a House of Straw Part 3
“Speed of construction. This is very fast so much so that the term ‘baling frenzy’ has been coined”
