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Cordwood at Pike’s Peak Colorado

by Richard Flatau | Jan 2, 2015 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Bryan and Lois Pratt of Woodland Park, Colorado have built one of the finest cordwood homes in the world! This 12 sided, two-story beauty is breathtaking in its construction and has an unfettered view of Pike's Peak. Bryan and Lois planned for many years to build...

Cordwood & Cordwood Flooring in Prague

by Richard Flatau | Dec 29, 2014 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Natural Building, Tiny home | 0 Comments

Miroslav Bentley Kubala sent some photos of his beautiful cordwood garage/storage studio in Prague (Czech Republic). Miro is an artist and a fancier of things automotive, motorcycle, and sound-related. In his cordwood garage/storage area he decided to lay a...

Cordwood Cookie House: Florida

by Richard Flatau | Dec 15, 2014 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

The Florida Cookie House was built in 1931 by John Bass, Jr. for the Biological Laboratory and Zoological Research Supply Company. The informational sign (below) tells of the immigrants to Wisconsin who built these kind of structures. It's called the Cookie House...

Cordwood Construction in the mountains of Utah

by Richard Flatau | Dec 5, 2014 | Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid | 0 Comments

Jennilee sent me the following email with pictures from Utah. They are doing everything by hand with what they find. Talk about sustainable. Thank you Jennilee! Here are their beautiful projects. This picture was a little crooked so I tipped it straight:0) "Hi...

Cordwood Million Dollar Mansion

by Richard Flatau | Nov 25, 2014 | Alternative Building, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Cordwood is often built to save money using locally available materials. However, sometimes cordwood is built to impress, and here is a fine example. This million dollar cordwood lodge was constructed in 1995, by a wealthy family from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is...

Cordwood Sauna on the Iron Range of Minnesota

by Richard Flatau | Nov 11, 2014 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, log end, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Tony and Denise built this beautiful cordwood sauna during their summer weekends. They felt confident after taking a cordwood workshop. Visiting their property on Minnesota's Iron Range they patiently put in the foundation, framed the sauna and then added the...

Cordwood Cottage DIY New Pioneer

by Richard Flatau | Nov 2, 2014 | cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

New Pioneer Magazine published a four page article on DIY Cordwood Cottages. The editor allowed me to place the article in various social media sites to encourage the idea of natural building. The article details the building of cordwood cottages, cabins,...

Rendezvous Cordwood Cabin

by Richard Flatau | Oct 14, 2014 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, log end, Off grid, Workshop | 0 Comments

Eric & Beth Carlberg built their Rendezvous Cordwood Cabin to use during "gathering activities" on their land. They hold Tomahawk and Bowie knife throwing contests, Muzzleloading target shoots and all manner of historical re-enactments and woodsy/folksy...

Community Cloud Forest Conservation builds Cordwood Quetzal Classroom in Guatemala

by Richard Flatau | Oct 9, 2014 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Tara Cahill, a biologist and environmental scientist at the Community Cloud Forest Conservation in Guatemala, made contact and asked for cordwood help with their Quetzal shaped classroom buildings. We were unable to coordinate schedules to do an in-person workshop,...

Cordwood Sauna by Tony & Denise in Minnesota

by Richard Flatau | Sep 26, 2014 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Tony & Denise came to one of our Cordwood Workshops at Kinstone Permaculture Academy in 2013. They were determined to build a cordwood sauna up on their property in the Iron Range of Minnesota. Here are some pictures and tips from their beautiful build. The sauna...