Cordwood Building: The State of the Art
Cordwood masonry is an ancient building technique whereby walls are constructed from "log ends" laid transversely in the wall. It is easy, economical, aesthetically striking, energy-efficient, and environmentally sound.\ Cordwood Building collects the wisdom of more than 25 of the world’s best practitioners, detailing the long history of the method, and demonstrating how to build a cordwood home using the latest and most up-to-date techniques, with a special focus on building code issues.\...
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All you need to create beautiful buildings from sawmill left-overs—or even driftwood!
Introduction1Cordwood Masonry: A Vernacular Architectural Tradition32My 25-Year Love Affair with Cordwood Masonry133Cordwood Masonry 101214Stackwall Construction: The Double Wall Technique375The Lomax Corner436A Round Cordwood House with 16 Sides497Octagons, Hexagons, and Other Shapes578Bottle Designs in a Cordwood Wall639Patterned Cordwood Masonry7110Electrical Wiring in Cordwood Masonry Buildings7911Using Cement Retarder with Cordwood Masonry8512When It Shrinks, Stuff It!9313A Mobile Home Converted to Cordwood9914A Shop Teacher's Approach10315Paper-Enhanced Mortar10916Stonewood: A Love Story11717Woodland Treat12118Cordwood on the Gulf Coast12719A Cordwood and Cob Roundhouse in Wales13320More Cordwood and Cob13921Cordwood in Chile14722One Old and One New in Sweden15123Creating with Stone, Wood, and Light15724The Community Round House at Pompanuck16725A New Home on an Old Foundation17726The Mortgage-free Cordwood Home18327Cordwood and the Building Inspector19328Cordwood and the Code20329Cordwood and the Code: A Case Study20730Cordwood Code Issues: Strength and Insulation213Afterword: Where We Go from Here221Bibliography223Glossary of Terms227Index231About the Authors239
