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Australian Owner Builder Magazine publishes Cordwood Article
The Australian magazine The Owner Builder recently published an article about cordwood construction in issue 182. The Owner Builder Magazine also runs a website, a blog site, a print and digital magazine and workshops of all kinds. Lynda (the editor) gave me...
read moreWhite Earth Reservation Cordwood Home
This is the cedar cordwood home we were honored to be involved with at the White Earth Reservation in Naytahwaush, Minnesota. Below if the first page of the article about this project in the January/February 2013 issue of Backhome Magazine. It is reprinted herein,...
read moreCordwood in Oregon by Don Noe
Don Noe's beautiful cordwood shed in Oregon. This shed with the cord wood wall was built with 90 percent construction scrap. It was timber framed with timbers from large machine crates. The logs came from an arborist who was going to use them for firewood. Look at...
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Cordwood on the Beach (Bermuda)
Back in the early 2000's Ben Falk of Whole System Design https://www.wholesystemsdesign.com/ decided to build a cordwood classroom/workshop on the Island using only natural materials. Ben worked through the Island School and Cape Eleuthera Institute. He gathered a...
read moreCordwood Flooring Article published in Backhome Magazine
In June I posted a few pictures and a brief explanation of Steve & Sharon Lee's cordwood floor. After showing the pictures to the editor of Backhome Magazine, he asked if we would work up an article that would explain the process of laying a cordwood floor. Here are...
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Cordwood Cottage in Nova Scotia
Michael Fuller designed & built this beautiful cordwood cottage near Diligent River, Nova Scotia. There is a subtle swoosh motif with the cordwood and an interesting curved horizontal post mortared into the side wall. He is a designer, a builder and an artist. Michael...
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Cordwood Church in Chesterton, Indiana
In the north-west corner of Indiana sits a gorgeous, congregation-built cordwood church. Our Lady of Guadalupe nestles into its surroundings in the town of Chesterton, Indiana. Our Lady of Guadalupe Cordwood Chapel in Chesterton, Indiana The details of the building...
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Cordwood in California
What good fortune to find an excellent timber framer who infills with cordwood. Nick Kautzer is that framer/builder and is located in Tuolumne, CA. The picture above is one of the tightest cordwood walls I have ever seen. Spectacular! Nick's website lists the...
read moreCordwood in the Mountains: Idaho Base Camp
I received a delightful email from Whitney about her cordwood project: "I'd like to invite you to check out our cordwood cottage progress here in the Big Lost mountain range 26 miles east of Sun Valley Idaho..." Here are pictures and direct quotes from a most...
read moreCordwood Cabins, Homes and Carports
One of the greatest things about being involved in alternative building is the pleasant surprises I am fortunate enough to receive on a somewhat regular basis. People are so gracious in sending me pictures of their cordwood projects. I feel it is my job to post as...
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