by Richard Flatau | Feb 8, 2016 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, log end, Off grid, Workshop
Christopher Borton founder of the Sage Mountain Center in Whitehall. Montana has built a beautiful Cordwood Education Center. His vision is to promote sustainable and holistic well being through education and demonstration. Classes, tours, seminars and workshops...
by Richard Flatau | Dec 26, 2015 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
Note: This is part 2 of a two-part post about Bruce & Nancy’s cordwood masterpiece(s). The first part is available at Most Beautiful Cordwood part 1 Before Bruce & Nancy built their cordwood masterpiece near Saranac, New York they built a storage...
by Richard Flatau | Dec 5, 2015 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
Ryan Ross of Woodland Park, Colorado (Pike’s Peak) was kind enough to share these photos. Ryan wrote, “We have our own portable sawmill and cut all the timber-frame material right here on the ranch…The walls are 8″ thick because we use this as...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 23, 2015 | Alternative Building, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
Maitreya Mountain Village is a permaculture community advocating sustainable living. It is located in the mountains of California. The community has built many different structures using natural building principles. Here is an example of cordwood siding using a...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 13, 2015 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Mario Vargas sent me some wonderful photos of a cordwood bath house he is building near Tlaxcala, Mexico. He is using white and red cedar to complete his cordwood walls. Three masons are working on the walls tuck pointing. Since it is a bath house the windows are...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 2, 2015 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, log end
As my Swedish (Minnesotan) friends would say “Ya sure you betcha!” Many folks have wondered how to hang kitchen cabinets and design their kitchen around cordwood walls. It is actually very easy because cabinets can be hung on any level and plumb wall. ...
