by Richard Flatau | Jan 5, 2013 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized, Workshop
May 18-19 Workshop is FULL, please call (715-212-2870 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 715-212-2870 end_of_the_skype_highlighting) to be placed on the waiting list. There are still a few openings for July 13-14, but call to be sure. Would you like a...
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 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
The work at the Kinstone Cordwood Chapel near Fountain City, Wisconsin continues with weekend workshops. The cordwood will be completed by this fall and the thatched roof should be completed next spring (more reeds have to be gathered and...
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 | May 3, 2012 | Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
These pictures are from a Polish website called Organica. This is a log home building company that has started using cordwood infill in between heavy log framing. The log wall in the picture has cob for the mortar matrix and is colored with potter’s dyes....
