The CALIFORNIA STRAW BUILDING ASSOCIATION is a nonprofit organization ... Our mission is to further the practice of straw building by exchanging current information and practical experience, promoting and conducting research and testing, and making that body of knowledge available to working professionals and the public at large.

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CASBA announces the 2008 Summer
Introduction to Straw Building Workshops 

The Bale Raising Workshop dates are Friday – Sunday; July 11^th, 12^th, and 13^th

The Plastering Workshop dates are Friday – Sunday; September 12^th, 13^th, and 14^th

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Fractal Architecture: Design for Sustainability fills the gap between concepts of sustainability and the practice of environmental design. It is based on the assumption that sustainability and environmental design are not just industrial era (Modernist) design in green clothing, but a whole new direction with its own philosophy, techniques and expression. While this book is radical in the amount of change it calls for in environmental design professions and practice, it is conservative in emphasizing the traditional concerns of designers with geometry, history and aesthetics. Great effort has been made to integrate the text and graphics of this book in the spirit of holism inherent in sustainability.

We are pleased to add this book to our publications

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We are pleased to offer  Bruce King's book: