Re: [Strawbale] Strawbale Digest, Vol 65, Issue 24

[ESBG 11 <esbgteam@gmail...>]

Ah, Rob Tom,

What an excellent opportunity for the Danish nationalistic pride (pooorly hidden in 99% of us Danes), to point out that Lars Keller and Co. was 2 years ahead of the Kanuts and 12 years ahead of the Germ(an)s, as they made a vaulted SB dormitory for a Danish school of organic farming back in 1999. Have a look here: http://www.dr.dk/DR2/Friland/Levende+Huse/2005/20060629171852.htm

However Rob, it also gives me a chance to point out that Gernot Minke at least have the courtesy to share his amazing SB knowledge with the SB community at the SB conference within ESBG 2011...How about you?  ;o)

Cheers,

Max; ESBG host

From: RT <Archilogic@yahoo...>
To: "European strawbale building discussions" <strawbale@amper....muni.cz>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:07:54 -0400
Subject: Re: [Strawbale] loadbearing strawbale vaults
On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:26:44 -0400, Gernot Minke <minke@asl...-kassel.de>
wrote:

Dear All,
we are happy to tell you that we got the allowance to build the first loadbearing strawbale vaults in Germany!
They will be erected during an international workshop from 29. Aug. to 10.Sept. 2011 in Wangelin.
We are working in 4 groups of 6 people each and each group should have persons from 6 diferent countries.
More details and application forms you will find on  www.gernotminke.de  under "Aktuelles".

Interesting that this announcement should be made almost exactly 10 years
(+/- a couple of months) after the "official" completion of the vaulted
SBH of the late Lou Harrison that was built by the Skillful Meany and his
cronies in California.

http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/IMKxTftfcpRcr0lS_JKhdxqQIBzpNGkb-6--OpWxrjOy6IdkpCZfDzIsULJtHVWwuHctAiR14sIKQ5UrqNb-/SB%20in%20the%20Mass%20Media%20Archives/Lou%20Harrison%20Vault.pdf

or if the above link gets broken:

  http://tinyurl.com/create.php

If this trend continues, should we not expect to see a Code-approved vaulted SBH in the UK until 2022 ?(since we all know that the UK typically lags behind Germany in technical matters, despite whatever Mr. Bean tries to insinuate) ?

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Rob Tom
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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From: Jan Hollan <jhollan@amper....muni.cz>
To: strawbale@amper...ped.muni.cz
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 10:43:37 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Re: [Strawbale] loadbearing strawbale vaults

(The large photo of the vault attached originally to the post is:
http://amper.ped.muni.cz/jenik/sb/brian_waite/North_wall_of_studio.jpg

yours, jenik)

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My vaulted strawbalehouse is nearing completion in the Lake District of
the UK.
Brian
www.strawbalehouse.co.uk