[GSBN] new nomination

[Builders Without Borders]

Here is Alfred's contact information:

vbarch at comcast.net

VON BACHMAYR ARCHITECTS LLC

1406 Bishops Lodge Rd.

Santa Fe, NM 87506



505-989-7000

505-984-1479     fax

505-470-6141     mobile



Sincerely,
Catherine Wanek
Co-director
Builders Without Borders
www.builderswithoutborders.org

*Ecological builders working together for a sustainable future.*




On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:10 PM, martin hammer <mfhammer at pacbell.net> wrote:

>  I will add a second, based on my recent communications with Alfred, and
> my knowledge of his exceptional work and experience as Catherine outlined.
>
> Martin Hammer
>
>
>
> On 9/8/11 12:56 PM, "David Eisenberg" <strawnet at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  I second Catherine's nomination. I've known Alfred for years - he has a
> lot of design, building and teaching experience in many places and
> circumstances and will, no doubt, have much to contribute here.
>
> David Eisenberg
> www.dcat.net
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Builders Without Borders <mail at builderswithoutborders.org>
> To: GSBN list <GSBN at greenbuilder.com>
> Sent: Thu, Sep 8, 2011 12:18 pm
> Subject: [GSBN] new nomination
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I'd like to nominate Santa Fe, NM, architect Alfred von Bachmayr for
> membership.
>
> Alfred is a founding member of the Strawbale Construction Association (of
> NM) and Builders Without Borders (in 1999), and founder of World Hands
> Project. Also, he has done strawbale and natural building development work
> with native American tribes, in Mexico, Central America and Fiji.  Alfred is
> a very hands-on architect, and among many innovations, he invented  a
> low-tech approach to mixing straw-clay, and developed a process to cut up
> shipping pallets and reassemble them into roof trusses.  And much more....
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Catherine Wanek
> Co-director
> Builders Without Borders
> www.builderswithoutborders.org <http://www.builderswithoutborders.org/>
>
> *Ecological builders working together for a sustainable future.
> *
>
>
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