by Richard Flatau | Oct 4, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized
Adam & Erica Konopka and their children started building a Cordwood Cabin near the shores of Lake Michigan this past summer. The cabin has 24″ thick walls with foam insulation in the center cavity. A cordwood cabin requires a lot of cordwood log ends and...
by Richard Flatau | Sep 28, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop
Here is a 22 acre mountain parcel near Idaho City, Idaho that has two cordwood cabins, a yurt-sized, timber-framed cabin with built-ins, 2 tepees, a spacious and luxurious wall tent with wood stove and great southern mountain views. [Thanks to friend Geoff Jordan for...
by Richard Flatau | Sep 11, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop
I plan to do a 3 part Cordwood Newsletter as a blog post and see how it works. I have tried Mail Chimp and a few other services, they are all good venues but don’t seem to work for what I have to show. In these eNewsletters I usually share photos and stories...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 18, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized
The final cordwood workshop of the year took place on August 10, 2013 at the Kinstone Chapel near Fountain City, Wisconsin. This was a one day workshop and featured an hour of classroom and three (2 hour) mortaring sessions. It was a rousing success. Good people,...
by Richard Flatau | Jul 24, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized
For those who are visual learners (that’s most of us) here are a few pictures of very well build and very good looking cordwood homes. Naturally the eye is drawn to pleasant shapes. The Greeks considered the Golden Ratio the ideal shape of a building and used...
by Richard Flatau | Jul 18, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized
Another group of talented, interesting and wonderful folks attended the Cordwood Workshop at the Kinstone Chapel near Fountain City, Wisconsin on July 13-14, 2013 to continue the building of the chapel’s cordwood walls. As you may know, this Chapel is being...
