The straw bale buildings we helped build for the Deer Park Buddhist Monastery in Escondido were nominated for an Orchid award in the 2016 “Orchids & Onions” by the San Diego Architecture Foundation. “Deer Park Monastery- Nun’s Residence The form—based on a traditional Spanish Hacienda embracing a central courtyard with plantings—encourages togetherness …
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Visit San Diego’s Greenest Home!
Join us at San Diego’s Greenest Home on Saturday, November 12 from 10 am – 3 pm as part of the San Diego Green Building Council’s annual Green Homes Tour. This is the 4th year we’ve shown a home in this unique tour that has sites all over San Diego County and it’s a great way …
Straw Bale Open House-in-Process, 9/11/16
Sunday, September 11th, noon-3pm, The Wakeham Project, Solana Beach, CA A rare opportunity to tour a straw bale house under construction! Come talk with the builders and check out how the straw bales go together to form the walls in this 1600 sq ft, two-story straw bale home designed by Hubbell & Hubbell Architects. This is the …
“Building Zen” at the USGBC Green Building Conference 9/22/15
September 22 – As part of the 2015 San Diego Green Building Conference, architect Drew Hubbell, Project Manager Ed Earl, and I (Rebecca Tasker) will be presenting Building Zen, an overview of the nearly-completed 6,000 square foot straw bale nuns’ housing at the Deer Park Buddhist Monastery. Join us to hear about this unique project …
upcoming talk
Rebecca Tasker, general contractor and co-owner of Simple Construct, will be giving a talk about straw bale building and clay plaster on May 25 at Olive Branch Green Building Supply in North Park San Diego. More details here: http://www.olivebranchgbs.com/Site/Speaker_Series.html
clay finish plaster recipe
Athena and Bill Steen are well known pioneers in the straw bale and natural plaster world. A few years ago, we had the opportunity to spend a week with the Steens at their amazing homestead in Arizona studying clay and lime plaster. Here, Athena shares a recipe for making your own finish clay plaster to …