Skillful Means

Skillful Means is a design & construction firm with decades of experience in healthy, natural, and efficient design. We specialize in strawbale design!

We specialize in strawbale home design and construction. We believe that a good design takes the qualities of the site and blends them with the needs and aspirations of those who will live there. We're available for talks, workshops, on-site guidance and professional consulting. We act as consultants to other building and design professionals. We offer complete design services and our full-service

Photos from Verbum Dei San Francisco's post

09/24/2025

It's always so wonderful to see a building you built become full of life!!😄

04/30/2025

Gayatri Datar - EarthEnable | #SkollWF 2025 EarthEnable improves the health and living conditions of rural African families and reduces the housing industry’s carbon footprint by working with community...

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02/03/2025

.....technology is catching up with strawbale.

04/01/2023

Tired of musty bales, but concrete is expensive and difficult? Ecococon moves their technology from straw to cement, the durable wave of the future!

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Big news! We are excited to announce that starting today, April 1st, EcoCocon becomes EcoConCrete!🏭

While some companies are pushing for sustainability, at EcoConCrete we understand it's important to live in the moment. A perfect blend of style and sturdiness, your concrete home will be envied by all your neighbours.😍

Our concrete wall solution is ECOnomical* (prices may vary), and the blocks have a nice woody structure. Almost as good as the real stuff!🏚

Ready to take a step back towards the future? Contact us today!

(All deliveries of straw panels are hereby cancelled. No refunds.)
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