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California Straw Building Association
January 2009 Resource List

Our Resource list is published below.
Resources and information are provided as a service to the general public. CASBA makes no warranty or recommendations of members, people or organizations that appear on the Resource List, nor does CASBA accept any liability for services provided by entities listed.

Members, if you would like to update your information, please contact us with your correction.

Contractor
Michele Landegger Debrae Lopes Boa Constrictor Building & Design
http://www.buildingnaturally.com/
Watsonville CA View details
Bill Donovan Bill Donovan, Green Builder and Design Consultant

 

Truckee CA 530-582-0501 View details
Jim Furness Furness Construction

Lic Number 853855

Santa Rosa CA 707-490-8433 View details
Michael Jacob Talia Development

 

Sebastopol CA 707-824-0832 View details
Rebecca Tasker Mike Long Simple Construct
http://simpleconstruct.net/
San Diego CA 619-713-2672 View details
Turko Semmes Semmes and Company
http://www.semmesco.com/
Atascadero CA 805-466-6737 View details
John Swearingen Skillful Means Design
http://www.skillful-means.com/pages/page.php?pageid=1
Junction City CA 530-623-4479 View details
Tracy Vogel Tactile Interiors
http://www.tactileinc.com/
Yorkville CA 707-895-2028 View details
Architect
Bob Theis Bob Theis, Architect

I’ve designed over 100 bale buildings since 1991, after working with Christopher Alexander. I use time-tested designs, natural materials, and green technologies. I consult nationwide on creating social spaces for neighborhoods and intentional communities. Matters of life and depth.

Richmond Heights CA 510-235-0616 View details
Drew Hubbell Hubbell &Hubbell Architects, LLC

Founded in 1995, Hubbell & Hubbell Architects, LLC provides architecture and planning services to clients seeking sustainable solutions, innovative design work, and artistic detailing.

Locally Hubbell & Hubbell helped pioneer the use of alternative building materials and has been a dey figure in educating public agencies about their benefits in order to gain acceptance and permits for these materials. The firm designed the first permitted straw bale structure in San Diego County and the firm designed the first permitted straw bale commercial building in the City of San Diego.


http://www.hubbellandhubbell.com
San Diego CA 619-213-0446 View details
Brian Cereban Ceraban Design
http://www.cerabandesign.com/
Sonora CA 209-694-8986 View details
Michele Landegger Daebrae Lopes Boa Constrictor Building & Design
http://www.buildingnaturally.com/
Watsonville CA View details
Anni Tilt David Arkin Arkin Tilt Architects
http://www.arkintilt.com/
Berkeley CA 510-528-9830 View details
Dan Smith Dietmar Lorenz Daniel Smith and Associates Berkeley CA 510-526-1935 View details
Martin Hammer Martin Hammer, Architect

e-mail at <mfhammer@pacbell.net>

Berkeley CA 510-525-0525 View details
Drew Hubbell Hubbell and Hubbell
http://hubbellandhubbell.com/
San Diego CA 619-213-0446 View details
Patrick Marr Architect and Engineer

AIA PE

Santa Barbara CA 805-898-2096 View details
John Swearingen Skillful Means Design
http://www.skillful-means.com/pages/page.php?pageid=1
Junction City CA 530-623-4479 View details
George Armstrong Janet Johnston StrongArm Construction

We are a family business that can design, build, as well as lead workshops for your straw-bale house or any other building project.

Janet, a founding member of CASBA, has been working with straw since 1994, and George since 2000.

We consider all aspects of your project, work with you to make it flow together to a great solution, and help you build a powerful memory along the way.

Joshua Tree CA 760-366-4774 View details
Engineer
Darcey Donovan EcoEngineering

P.E.


http://www.paksbab.org/bios.php
Truckee CA 530-902-5516 View details
Scott Hunter Scott Hunter, Consulting Engineer, Integral Building

Ph.D., PE


http://www.scotthunter-engr.com/
Bodega Bay CA 707-536-7477 View details
Bruce King Director, Ecological Building Network

PE


http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/
San Rafael CA 415-987-7271 View details
Patrick Marr Patrick Marr, Architect and Engineer

AIA PE

Email at <patrick@patrickmarraia.com


http://patrickmarraia.com/
Santa Barbara CA 805-898-2096 View details
Other
CASBA
http://www.strawbuilding.org/sbweb/
View details
Joyce Coppinger The Last Straw Journal
http://www.thelaststraw.org/
Lincoln NE 402-483-5135 View details
Lacy Renard Web Steel Building
http://www.websteel.com/
Sandy OR View details
Catherine Wanek Black Range Films and Natural Building Resources
http://www.strawbalecentral.com/
Kingston NM 505-895-5652 View details
Monica Flores 10K Webdesign

10K Webdesign specializes in highly-functional web design and development on the Drupal platform for membership organizations, small businesses, and non-profit organizations.


http://www.10kwebdesign.com
877-836-5105 View details
Test monica Test flores 10K Webdesign View details
Vendor
Michel Couvreux TransMineral USA, Inc.

"TransMineral USA is the exclusive importer/distributor of Saint-Astier Natural Hydraulic Limes or NHLs. They have been produced without interruption since 30 B.C. and remain the material of choice for plastering. Sustainability, purity, breathability or simply beauty are just some of their assets."


http://www.limes.us/
Petaluma CA 707-169-0661 View details
David Rosprim Silicote

INORGANIC MINERAL SILICATE PAINT for lime and earth plasters, stucco/concrete. Petrifies and toughens surface. Sheds water but permeable allowing substrate to breathe. Easy application, long life, environmentally safe. Beautiful esthetics - earth tones don’t fade. Repairable. Use exterior or interior.

 

Grass Valley CA 800-249-1881 View details
Patrick Webb Plâtre.com

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Plâtre.com designs and manufacturers custom decorative plasters for exterior and interior use and for casting. We are specialized in mortars for restoration based on natural and traditional binders such as gypsum, lime or clay.

Additionally, Plâtre.com distributes LaFarge Naturally Hydraulic Limes.

Patrick Webb is a plasterer, an engineer and an advocate for the specification of natural, historically utilized materials: clay, lime, gypsum, hydraulic lime in modern architectural specification.


http://www.platre.com/platre/
Los Angeles CA (239) 272-4532 View details
Straw Bale Supplier
Rick Green Benchmark Development/R S Green Construction
http://www.mybenchmark.us
Willows CA 530-934-7225 View details