by Richard Flatau | Jan 26, 2020 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
My picture archives contain many unique photos of cordwood construction. Some of them are only a single photo, so they do not fit neatly into a “story.” They are shared here with brief details and gratitude. Cordwood shed on skis. Easy to move from place...
by Richard Flatau | Jan 8, 2020 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Uncategorized, Workshop
“Wood Chunk Walls” and have been one of many traditional styles for building barns in Norway and Sweden since the 1850s. These barns were built using the end cuts from logs. They were placed on horizontal 1-inch boards to maintain a level mortaring...
by Richard Flatau | Dec 21, 2019 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Tara & Rob Cahill have been working in the rain forests near Coban, Guatemala for decades. They have built a beautiful infrastructure that includes a cordwood school for middle and high school students. Here is a brief walkthrough video by the architect Charles...
by Richard Flatau | Nov 28, 2019 | Alaska, Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
A good-looking cordwood wall is breathtaking in its simplicity. It grabs the viewer and gives the impression that an artist was at work on this wall. The wall lasts for hundreds of years (if done right) and the beauty remains. The key is to be fluid and random. Logs...
by Richard Flatau | Nov 13, 2019 | Alaska, Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Do you love the taste of Maple Syrup? Would you like to have your own Cordwood Maple Sugar Shack? Ted Amman answered YES to both questions. He wanted to build a “shack” to house his family maple syrup harvest. Ted attended a cordwood workshop, visited...
by Richard Flatau | Nov 2, 2019 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Uncategorized, Workshop
When Wayne Higgins took us around to see some of the outstanding cordwood building that has been built in the Keweenaw Peninsula of the U.P. of Michigan we were amazed! Wayne was not only a fine tour guide, but his knowledge of the area is phenomena. One fascinating...
