by Richard Flatau | Apr 23, 2020 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Where can you find three cordwood buildings, a Yurt, a Straw-Clay Cottage, a Tepee, a Sauna, the largest Megalithic Stone Circle in the USA AND is open to the public? Kinstone Circle near Fountain City, Wisconsin, is where. Kristine Beck, the owner and inspiration...
by Richard Flatau | Apr 17, 2020 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
The Entrance Center at Kinstone is called the Dragon’s Keep. Nineteen dragons reside within its walls, including the 15-foot beast undulating along in the wall. This project has been ongoing and we finally made the big push to finish. Besides all the wonderful...
by Richard Flatau | Apr 6, 2020 | Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
There is a Cordwood Education Center (also called the Cordwood Warming Shelter) at the Merrill School Forest in Merrill, Wisconsin that became a public school classroom along the way. The goal was to create a natural building using materials from the surrounding woods...
by Richard Flatau | Mar 29, 2020 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, Tiny home, Workshop
Yoopers & Finns love a good sauna (and I do, as well)! Here are photos and descriptions about the cordwood sauna that Craig Williams and Kathy Binoniemi built, in Negaunee, Michigan in 2016. Fantastic work using best practices with cordwood. Negaunee is in the...
by Richard Flatau | Mar 23, 2020 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Natural home for sale, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
The cordwood home of Mark & Chelsea in Alaska. An UPDATE has been provided as of 2026. “Our cordwood home is holding up great, no problems whatsoever. The only changes I would make is if I had access to Cedar, I would’ve...
