CASBA
CASBA Journal Archives
July, 2012
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
Winter 2011/ Spring 2012, (pdf)
Table of Contents:
- 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
Table of Contents:
- 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
Winter 2010/ Spring 2011 Journal, (pdf)
Table of Contents:
- 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
affordable straw bale housing in Haiti - 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,
did you paper the wooden framing members? Why or why not? - 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
Table of Contents:
- 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
Table of Contents:
- 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
Table of Contents:
- 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
Table of Contents:
- 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
Table of Contents:
- 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
Table of Contents:
- 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
Table of Contents:
- 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
Table of Contents:
- CASBA Conference, Cambria by Kathy Gregor
- Notes from CASBA Central, by Maurice Bennett and Joy Bennett
- Straw Bale 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