Tuesday, March 25, 2008

California Strawbale Association Conference





The annual CASBA(California Strawbale Association) conference was held in Cambria, California this year. A great time was had by all, located 30 min North of San Luis Obispo overlooking the ocean with a great conference schedule, music, food, and strawbale structures.

California has the most strawbale structures of any state and San Luis Obispo county(where the conference was held) is holding 53+ !!!

So we had to roadtrip out and see this well oiled machine from the belly of the beast.


What we learned: Seismic issues render strawbale more labor and cost intensive in California. But no problem, strawbale builders report that many of their clients have an abundance of FUNDS-!

Slightly different than Colorado Strawbale building....

Wine country has really embraced strawbale building and the house tour was a testament to that.