SB: Re: building straw bale in NJ

["Robert W. Tom" <archilogic@yahoo.ca>]

Rhonda;

I think that you would do well to get in touch with Suzanne McAnoy 
Zukowski in Morristown PA (just a hoot and a holler from Trenton NJ).

Suzanne is a great friend to the international straw bale community
who effectively single-handedly produced (in the chief cook and 
bottle-washer sense) the year 2000 version of the Casas que Cantan
(Houses that Sing)  Booklet/Music CD which was used a vehicle
to solicit donations from straw bale enthusiasts worldwide, to create 
a loan fund to finance the building of  new homes for families in 
Xochitl, Mexico. 

The package received nothing but rave reviews for the care and 
attention to detail that Suzanne devoted to it, all on a volunteer basis.

She also played a major role in producing this year's
CqC CD effort.  (see Athena and Bill Steen's website at
        
               http://www.caneloproject.com  

and click on "Mexico Work" to see some of the results of these 
initiatives or better yet, make a donation in order to receive a copy 
of the Casas que Cantan 2001 Music CD and Booklet. The booklet 
tells the  ongoing story of the Casas que Cantan project in text and 
sexy photos. )  You may request the package by making a 
 $20 (or was it $22 ?) donation by email using PayPal  (www.Paypal.com) , 
with  absteen@dakotacom.net as the recipient.

Although Suzanne is a competent builder and a Master's Architecture
candidate whose focus is on issues of Green and sustainable 
architecture,  you may be assured that I (and most likely  Athena and 
Bill Steen) would be willing to provide any assistance to Suzanne that 
she may require on  any technical issues, as a small token of our 
gratitude for her selfless  efforts in assisting in the Casas que Cantan 
initiatives.

1/26/02 9:22:29 PM, "John Swearingen" <john@skillful-means.com> wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Angerio@aol.com>
>Subject: building straw bale in NJ

[snip]

>> I am an architect looking for some information and would greatly
>appreciate  any info you might share.  A friend of mine is intending to build a straw
>> bale house in New Jersey.  He is in search of any cooperative groups
>offering a building team, with the intention of getting involved to help others
>with  their building efforts (as well as getting some help in constructing his
>new  home).
>>
>> Do you know of any resources in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area?
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Rhonda Angerio, AIA
>> 2512 Hillsborough Street
>> Raleigh, NC 27607


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Robert  W.  Tom
Erehwon Design Group / Atelier OCTO
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
<ChaffArchiLogic@yahoo.ca>
(winnow the "chaff" spamguard from my edress in your reply)

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