by Richard Flatau | Nov 10, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
What good fortune to find an excellent timber framer who infills with cordwood. Nick Kautzer is that framer/builder and is located in Tuolumne, CA. The picture above is one of the tightest cordwood walls I have ever seen. Spectacular! Nick’s website lists the...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 20, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop
I received a delightful email from Whitney about her cordwood project: “I’d like to invite you to check out our cordwood cottage progress here in the Big Lost mountain range 26 miles east of Sun Valley Idaho…” Here are pictures and direct...
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 | Apr 7, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Workshop
Minnesota is home to not only strong Viking ancestors, Lake Wobegone and the Spam Museum (the canned meat), but also to a number of beautiful cordwood homes, cabins, cottages and saunas. Here is a cordwood sauna being built near Tower, Minnesota by Paul Harney. ...
by Richard Flatau | Jan 23, 2013 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building
Alan & Rebecca Barreca sent me the following pictures and information on their beautiful home in SE Oklahoma. For those who are wondering about cordwood in a hot, humid climate, this will help answer your questions. “We moved into our 16 sided cordwood home...
