Based in Suffolk, England, and established in 1996, earthmovesdesign belongs to Neil and Emi-Lou Lankford. Neil designs and makes gardens, Water features, and natural Cobwood Garden Rooms, and kid’s play dens and has worked with both the private and commercial side of landscaping.
What is a Cobwood Roundhouse? It can be almost any shape, square, rectangle, oval, and not just round. It’s a handmade Natural building Constructed around an Oak ‘Henge’ Frame they have walls 40cm thick made using the ancient method of Cob (Soil, Sharp sand, Hay, Lime, and water) and wood, and an amazing self supporting ‘Reciprocal’ roof frame supporting a real flowering meadow. These tried and tested buildings have been designed to withstand Continental weather systems of freezing Winters and baking Summers. They are made from 3-6 meters in diameter (internal floor space) but other designs can be much bigger (up to 200 sq meters). They are made with a mixture of reclaimed Stained glass leaded windows and modern round windows as well as Larch wooden flooring and solid Oak doors, giving them a natural warm feel with each one being unique.
Using locally sourced materials and labour where possible these buildings are both low impact and and natural and take about 8-14 weeks to make including off-site preparation.
A beautiful stove warms the building.
Framing the floor with larch for insulation purposes.
Raking the dry cellulose to an even amount.
What’s it for? These beautiful, versatile, and unique buildings can be commissioned from me and can be just a small garden Snug or scaled up to be something much bigger, more sophisticated and have a multitude of uses such as an Environmental School Classroom, Garden office, Den, Dwelling, Kiosk, Summer house, Holiday Let, Bar, Studio, Shop, Retreat, the list goes on. We can make you one either on its own or as part of a landscape design.
We are not your average landscape designers, more like landscape artists and we are passionate about hand-making outdoor garden rooms, Log Cabins cobwood roundhouses, wood-fired clay ovens, natural water-gardens and ponds, outdoor kitchens, snugs and rustic living roof sheds. If you can think of it, we can make it, and if you can’t think of it, we’ve got plenty of ideas and designs.
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Should you wish to learn how to build a cordwood cottage, cabin or home, please visit www.cordwoodconstruction.org While you are there, click on the pictures, read the brief articles, check out the latest workshops and newsletter and if you are interested click on the Online Bookstore to see all the cordwood literature available in print and ebook format.
If you have questions that aren’t answered on the website you can email me at richardflatau@gmail.com
Readers have requested a brief bio, so here goes:
Richard & Becky Flatau built their mortgage-free cordwood home in 1979 in Merrill, Wisconsin. Since then, they have written books, conducted workshops, facilitated 2005, 2011 & 2015 Cordwood Conferences, and provided consultation for cordwood builders. Cordwood Construction: Best Practices DVD (2018), Cordwood Construction Best Practices 2020 (print & ebook) and, Cordwood Conference Papers 2015 are the newest publications available from their online Cordwood Bookstore. www.cordwoodconstruction.org
The Cordwood Workshop DVD is like taking a workshop in your own living room.
For more information on Cordwood Construction, click on the picture or visit www.cordwoodconstruction.org
