by Richard Flatau | Jul 13, 2020 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Off grid, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Mike Anderson built this cordwood outhouse at Rune Stone Park in Kensington, Minnesota (near Alexandria, Minnesota). He writes the following message. “I am fine with you posting pictures. The wood is a mix of white pine and blue spruce thinned from “a...
by Richard Flatau | Jul 1, 2020 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Lothar Rees of Rottweil, Germany (where the dog breed, Rottweiler, hails from) sent me outstanding photos of a free-share Cordwood Book House he and some friends/volunteers built for their city. Bucher-Hause means Book-House in English. Check out the absolutely...
by Richard Flatau | Jun 22, 2020 | Alaska, 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
Cordwood siding was added to the interior walls at the Merrill School Forest lodge. This is for the dining hall and the administration suggested woodsy and unique walls for the students of the Merrill Area Public Schools. There are lots of hidden gems tucked into the...
by Richard Flatau | Jun 10, 2020 | cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Workshop
“If you build it, they will come” rings true even with cordwood. It is said that when one builds with cordwood, help arrives in interesting and unusual ways. This story is no exception. Stuart, a man of many talents (and obviously cordwood is one of...
by Richard Flatau | May 24, 2020 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Uncategorized, Workshop
Jair Dias sent the following pictures and explanation of the cordwood (cobwood) home he is building in Brazil: “Jair Dias lives in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil .” The wood he is using for the cordwood infill is Pinus Elliottii (Pine). The...
by Richard Flatau | May 17, 2020 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
A group of architectural students built a cordwood organic vegetable processing shop in Sweden. Photos and some of the details are included in this article. The AES group built a completely recycled cordwood building in Sweden. Anna Sundman of AES writes, “We...
