by Richard Flatau | Jul 6, 2016 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop
Did you know there is a cottage filled with mermaids in southern Colorado? Even though it is a thousand miles from the nearest ocean, this B n B has a bevvy of seafaring sirens. It has gorgeous views, breathtaking skies, and wonderful structures. The cottage is...
by Richard Flatau | Jun 24, 2016 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
In the rolling bluffs and buttes of southwest Wisconsin and nigh onto the Mississippi River resides a cordwood dragon. This dragon (the eye is green) is sleeping in a cordwood “dragon’s keep.” Made of cordwood, bottles, metal and glass it keeps...
by Richard Flatau | Jun 14, 2016 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
Cordwood Construction Best Practices DVD is the newest addition to the expanding field of cordwood information If you want to see a video of detailed, best practice methods of building, mixing, tuck pointing and insulating a cordwood wall, this DVD has it, from all...
by Richard Flatau | Apr 11, 2016 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
Cordwood workshops are the best way to learn the cordwood construction technique. When you take one from Richard & Becky Flatau of Cordwood Construction Resources LLC, they emphasis the “Best Practices” approach to building. The Flatau’s have...
by Richard Flatau | Mar 15, 2016 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
Olle Hagman, a retired professor from Gothenburg University in Sweden, built this beautiful cordwood writer’s cabin in a faraway forest. He carries on a long tradition of cordwood building in his home country and has written extensively about Swedish Kubbhus...
by Richard Flatau | Feb 19, 2016 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
A beautiful cordwood cabin done the “right way” using Best Practices. The owner’s were meticulous and made sure every part of the cabin was done properly. This cabin is built upon a walk-out, full basement. The cabin rests in the middle of 320...
