by Richard Flatau | Mar 24, 2014 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop
The Australian magazine The Owner Builder recently published an article about cordwood construction in issue 182. The Owner Builder Magazine also runs a website, a blog site, a print and digital magazine and workshops of all kinds. Lynda (the editor) gave me...
by Richard Flatau | Jan 16, 2014 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized
Don Noe’s beautiful cordwood shed in Oregon. This shed with the cord wood wall was built with 90 percent construction scrap. It was timber framed with timbers from large machine crates. The logs came from an arborist who was going to use them for firewood....
by Richard Flatau | Jan 2, 2014 | cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized
In June I posted a few pictures and a brief explanation of Steve & Sharon Lee’s cordwood floor. After showing the pictures to the editor of Backhome Magazine, he asked if we would work up an article that would explain the process of laying a cordwood floor....
by Richard Flatau | Dec 24, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized, Workshop
Michael Fuller designed & built this beautiful cordwood cottage near Diligent River, Nova Scotia. There is a subtle swoosh motif with the cordwood and an interesting curved horizontal post mortared into the side wall. He is a designer, a builder and an artist....
by Richard Flatau | Dec 1, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized
In the north-west corner of Indiana sits a gorgeous, congregation-built cordwood church. Our Lady of Guadalupe nestles into its surroundings in the town of Chesterton, Indiana. Our Lady of Guadalupe Cordwood Chapel in Chesterton, Indiana The details of the building...
