by Richard Flatau | Aug 29, 2015 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Martin Tyciak built this gorgeous cordwood patio-terrace at his home in Slovakia. Here the 2-inch cordwood slices are being hammered into place so they are level. The base of gravel had already been tamped to make a firm and level foundation. Martin used wood from...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 20, 2015 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Pelle Henriksson has added to his portfolio with these new pictures of his backyard sauna in Sweden. He calls his Facebook building site Kubbhusbastu which translates to Cordwood Sauna which Pelle says is “Just for fun.” The foundation (ring beam),...
by Richard Flatau | May 1, 2015 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Workshop
Double Wall Cordwood on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. Here are segments from the article describing the double wall cordwood home of Chuc & Linda Willson in Ontario, Canada… “Manitoulin’s covered in white cedar and it makes sense to use wind-blown...
by Richard Flatau | Mar 15, 2015 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Here is the beautiful 3 bedroom, code-approved, cordwood home of Pat & Beth Goulee near Tomahawk, Wisconsin. Pat and Beth used the book Cordwood & the Code: A Building Permit Guide (available in ebook and print format at www.cordwoodconstruction.org ),...
by Richard Flatau | Dec 29, 2014 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Natural Building, Tiny home
Miroslav Bentley Kubala sent some photos of his beautiful cordwood garage/storage studio in Prague (Czech Republic). Miro is an artist and a fancier of things automotive, motorcycle, and sound-related. In his cordwood garage/storage area he decided to lay a...
by Richard Flatau | Dec 15, 2014 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
The Florida Cookie House was built in 1931 by John Bass, Jr. for the Biological Laboratory and Zoological Research Supply Company. The informational sign (below) tells of the immigrants to Wisconsin who built these kind of structures. It’s called the Cookie...
