by Richard Flatau | Mar 15, 2016 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
Olle Hagman, a retired professor from Gothenburg University in Sweden, built this beautiful cordwood writer’s cabin in a faraway forest. He carries on a long tradition of cordwood building in his home country and has written extensively about Swedish Kubbhus...
by Richard Flatau | Feb 19, 2016 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
A beautiful cordwood cabin done the “right way” using Best Practices. The owner’s were meticulous and made sure every part of the cabin was done properly. This cabin is built upon a walk-out, full basement. The cabin rests in the middle of 320...
by Richard Flatau | Dec 26, 2015 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
Note: This is part 2 of a two-part post about Bruce & Nancy’s cordwood masterpiece(s). The first part is available at Most Beautiful Cordwood part 1 Before Bruce & Nancy built their cordwood masterpiece near Saranac, New York they built a storage...
by Richard Flatau | Dec 5, 2015 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Workshop
Ryan Ross of Woodland Park, Colorado (Pike’s Peak) was kind enough to share these photos. Ryan wrote, “We have our own portable sawmill and cut all the timber-frame material right here on the ranch…The walls are 8″ thick because we use this as...
by Richard Flatau | Oct 21, 2015 | cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, log end, Off grid, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
There are some very amazing signs and billboards being created as artwork and not for residences. Billboards, fences, signs, and gates are being built with a cordwood motif. Here are a few examples. A sunburst dry-stack cordwood porch fence for kindling wood. The...