by Richard Flatau | Apr 26, 2013 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Workshop
Over the past month, I had the privilege to be interviewed by a Romanian newspaperwoman (Nina May) about Cordwood Construction for the German newspaper Deutsche Zeitung. The article covers existing cordwood in Europe and North America and its potential uses in...
by Richard Flatau | Apr 20, 2013 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural Building, Off grid, Workshop
[If you wish to enlarge this article, press Ctrl and + at the same time and the screen will enlarge.] Ed and Julie McAllen built a gorgeous cordwood home near Galesville, Wisconsin by the Black River. They built it for $23,000 because they recycled, scrounged and...
by Richard Flatau | Jan 23, 2013 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building
Alan & Rebecca Barreca sent me the following pictures and information on their beautiful home in SE Oklahoma. For those who are wondering about cordwood in a hot, humid climate, this will help answer your questions. “We moved into our 16 sided cordwood home...
by Richard Flatau | Jan 5, 2013 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized, Workshop
May 18-19 Workshop is FULL, please call (715-212-2870 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 715-212-2870 end_of_the_skype_highlighting) to be placed on the waiting list. There are still a few openings for July 13-14, but call to be sure. Would you like a...
by Richard Flatau | Jan 1, 2013 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural Building
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 17,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 4 Film...
by Richard Flatau | May 3, 2012 | Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
These pictures are from a Polish website called Organica. This is a log home building company that has started using cordwood infill in between heavy log framing. The log wall in the picture has cob for the mortar matrix and is colored with potter’s dyes....