Turning Whole Trees into High-Value Building Materials

Roald Gundersen's current projects is a 5,300 square metre grocery store in Madison, Wisconsin.
Roald Gundersen’s current projects is a 5,300 square metre grocery store in Madison, Wisconsin.

“Rather than chipping trees and re-forming the pieces with adhesive (like OSB), Roald Gundersen’s company, Whole Trees Architecture and Structures, has developed methods for using whole peeled logs for columns and trusses.

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Stockade Style Walls

Garage made with stockade style walls
Garage made with stockade style walls

Most readers are probably familiar with old military forts in the wild west days of the US that were built with vertical wood poles set closely together. The same building method can be used for houses and other structures.

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Shelters, Shacks and Shanties – Free Ebook

Shelters, Shacks and Shanties – Free Ebook
Shelters, Shacks and Shanties – Free Ebook

Yesterday’s blog post about the free book Build it With Bales was a big hit and so I decided to add this ebook. Besides making useful temporary shelter for living in while you build something more permanent, a lot can be learned from building structures like this.

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Ecological Friendly Building at the Shores of the Indian Ocean

Takaungu Robinson House has a free-spanning lattice-shell structure made with locally available resources
Takaungu Robinson House has a free-spanning lattice-shell structure made with locally available resources

“Takaungu Robinson House is an example of sustainable architecture that helps to preserve a pristine coral environment and indigenous coastal rainforest of Kenya for future generations.

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