Straw Bale Bench

This huge bench was built in 2001 and is located at the Train Station. It's a great place to study or simply enjoy the outdoors. The bench is a piece of Town Art and was designed by Jonathan Hammond of Indigo Architecture. A 1983 article in Fine Homebuilding featuring Hammond helped spark a popular revival of this long-time building practice. (Early U.S. copyrights for use of strawbales as a building material date to the early 1800's—shortly after the invention of the mechanical baler.)

• http://www.skillful-means.com/projects/depot/depot.htm
  

• http://www.indigoarch.com/projects/amtrak.html
  

• http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/info/components/envelope/framing/strawbale.html
  

• http://www.dsaarch.com/SB%20history.htm

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I love this bench! —JackHaskel

I thought this bench looked more strawish. When I went to the amtrak station last Friday, I couldn't find anything that resembled a straw bale bench. Now I know what to look for. — JenniferChu