by Richard Flatau | Oct 20, 2012 | Alternative Building, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural Building
Olle Hagman built his Writer’s cabin in Sweden in order to have a natural haven from the hustle and bustle of his job as a professor of sociology at Gotenburg University. He wrote two articles for the Cordwood Conference Papers 2011: A Social History of...
by Richard Flatau | Sep 17, 2012 | Alternative Building, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural Building
The Kinstone Cordwood Chapel continues on pace to completion. Weekend workdays are helping to finish the walls. Motifs with a nature theme are being placed in the walls: night, day, stars, wind, river, trees. Here are some pictures of the first completed 12 foot...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 11, 2012 | Alternative Building, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural Building, Uncategorized
An outstanding article about Ed McAllen’s cordwood home in Galesville, WI is featured in the current edition of New Pioneer Magazine. The article reports how Ed and his wife Julie built their lovely cordwood home for around $23,000, completing it in 1998. The...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 2, 2012 | Alternative Building, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural Building, Uncategorized
Tom Huber has been building cordwood for a long time. He sold his beautiful cordwood home in Watervilet, Michigan in 2005 when he moved to take a teaching position at Paul Smith’s College in the Adirondacks in upstate New York. Once he found some suitable land...
by Richard Flatau | Jul 14, 2012 | Alternative Building, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural Building, Uncategorized
If you are interested in finding out more about cordwood construction go to: www.corwdoodconstruction.org or...
by Richard Flatau | Jun 25, 2012 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Off grid, Tiny home, Workshop
A 30 metal pole barn gets a face lift using cordwood slices and slab siding. The building transformation is remarkable. transformation of the metal garage. The theme of the article is taking old, faded metal sheds and making them attractive with an easily applied...
