The CASBA Journal Archive
July, 2012
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Table of Contents:
Straw Bale House Designed by CASBA Members Arkin Tilt Architects Wins Fine Homebuilding Magazine’s “Best New Home” of 2012
IBC Straw Bale Code Proposal Status: Bad News / Good News (again!)
Notes from CASBA Central
Travelling Straw Dog Award 2012
Website Update
Casa Colibri: A Straw Bale Studio
McGoohan Plaster Work Party
Summary of the Advisory Board Meeting
Project Profile of the Quarter: Vine Hill Road Straw-Bale Home and Caretaker Unit, Western Sonoma County, CA
Reader Feedback
February, 2012
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Doing It Right: Phil’s Story, by Jim Reiland and Kathy Gregor
Straw Bale Code Update: Bad News / Good News, by Martin Hammer
Honoring Judy Knox
Notes from CASBA Central, by Maurice Bennett
Plaster: An Ecological Material for Restoration & Construction, by Patrick Webb
CASBA Workshop Update, by CJ Cavet
Mud in Your Hands, by Kathy Gregor
Summary of the Advisory Board Meeting, by Kathy Gregor
International Straw Bale Conference
Straw Poll
Project Profile
Upcoming Natural Building Events
July, 2011
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Darcey Donovan Receives 2011 Traveling Straw Dog Award
Notes from CASBA Central
2011 CASBA Workshop Events
An Investigation inot Mesh Testing for Plaster Reinforcement in Straw Bale Wall Assemblies
CASBA Members Head to North Alaska
The Straw Poll
Project Profile of the Quarter
March, 2011
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Daniel Silvernail Steps Down as CASBA Newsletter Editor
Blower Door and Infrared Testing on a Straw Bale House
Builders Without Borders: CASBA Member Martin Hammer helps develop
Notes from CASBA Central, by Maurice Bennett
What I Would Do Differently, by Joy Bennett
Bye-Bye to bb, by Lesley Christiana, Maurice Bennett, John Swearingen, Bruce King, and Jay Watts
The Straw Poll: If you were involved in building a straw building that used clay plaster on the exterior,
2011 CASBA Workshops
Introduction to Straw Building
Advanced Earth Plaster Techniques
Let’s Start Some Chatter, by CJ Cavet
The Devil IS in the Details, Jim Reiland & Céline Pinet
September, 2010
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Success in the Code World, by David Eisenberg
Summer Workshops Update: Introduction to Straw Buildilng, by C.J. Cavet
Notes from CASBA Central, by Joy and Maurice Bennett
San Diego County: Bales About Town, by Lesley Christiana - includes a full page of color photos!
CASBA at EartFaire San Diego, by Rebecca Tasker
CASBA's Sister Organizations, by Danielle Alvarez
What Would I Do Differently?, by Joy Bennett
April, 2010
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CASBA 2010 Summer Workshops: “Introduction to Straw Building” Concow, Butte County, By CJ Cavet
Part 1: Bale Raising Workshop
Part 2: Window & Door Plaster Prep Workshop
Part 3: Plaster Workshop
Editor's Note, by Daniel Silvernail
Notes from CASBA Central, by Joy & Maurice Bennett
The Mechanization of Straw Bale Building Logistical Operations, by Rebecca Tasker
A Designer’s Perspective on Straw Bale, by Chris Keefe
What Would I Do Differently, by Joy Bennett
March, 2010
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2010 CASBA Workshop Plans, by CJ Cavet
Green California Summit and Exposition
Editor's Note, by Daniel Silvernail
Notes from CASBA Central, by Joy & Maurice Bennett
CASBA Advisory Board Meeting Minutes, November 7, 2009
Photo: Aerial View of a Straw Bale Labyrinth at Pumpkin Harvesting Time
Concrete as a Green Building Material – March Presentation at USGBC, by MBB
What Would I Do Differently, by Joy Bennett
September, 2009
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The Braly Residence, by Cole Butler
Editor's Notes, by Daniel Silvernail
Notes from CASBA Central, by Joy & Maurice Bennett
Photo Gallery: Day 4 Workshop # 109 Upper Brookfield Brisbane
CASBA Group Photo, Walker Ranch Conference, Spring 2009
June, 2009
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The Year of the House—An Earth Plaster Base, by Jim Reiland
Editor's Note, by Daniel Silvernail
Notes from CASBA Central, by Joy & Maurice Bennett
Traveling Straw Dog Award 2009 is awarded to Athena and Bill Steen
Oak Lodge—Our Lady of the Oaks, photo essay by Judy July
Things I Would Do Differently, by Joy Bennett
2009 Summer Workshops: Introduction to Straw Building
Part 1: Bale Raising Workshop
Part 2: Earth Plaster Workshop
CASBA Group Photo 2009
March, 2009
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The Year of the House: Plaster Preparation, by Jim Reiland
Logo Design Contest
Notes from CASBA Central, by Joy & Maurice Bennett
Looking to the Past to Inform the Future: Straw Bale Builders Study the Preservation of Historic Adobe Buildings, by Rebecca Tasker
2008 CASBA Workshop Review, by CJ Cavet
Octagon Workshop, by Bob Theis
December, 2008
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Editorial, by Daniel Silvernail
Notes from CASBA Central, by Joy and Maurice Bennett
Natural Building Apprenticeship Offered for Monolithic Adobe (Cob) Project, by Misha Rauchwerger
What the other Two Little Pigs Didn't Know: How Rural Chinese Housing Can Influence US Food and Safety, Air Quality, and Global Climate Change, by Max Perelman
The year of the House: Stacking and Modifying Bales, by Jim Reiland
June, 2008
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CASBA Conference, Cambria by Kathy Gregor
Notes from CASBA Central, by Marice Bennett and Joy Bennett
Strawbale Construction Goes to Washington, by Catherine Wanek
The Year of the House: Stacking And Modifying Bales, by Jim Reiland
December, 2007
Table of Contents:
Straw Bale Building in Pakistan, by Martin Hammer and Darcey Donovan
Letters to the Editor
Advisory Board Minutes, October 10, 2007, by Daniel Silvernail
Notes from CASBA Central, by Maurice Bennett
California Straw Bale Building Code Update, by Martin Hammer
Experiment in Reaching Out, by Lesley Christiana
The Year of the House: Making Slip, by Jim Reiland
The Continued Chronicle of my Housebuilding, by C.J. Cavet
