Whole Trees Architecture and Construction

By Denise Thornton on June 1, 2012 • ( 8 Comments )

WHOLE TREE TIMBER FRAMING BEGINS AT UNDERHILL HOUSE

Building a whole tree timber frame house is an exercise in patience. We have been working with these timbers for almost a year now — selecting them from our 44 acres last summer, peeling and felling them, then working out a master plan for how their individual branching natures could […]

By Denise Thornton on November 8, 2011 • ( 4 Comments )

GETTING READY TO BUILD INTO THE HILL

It looks like we may be excavating the building site and pouring part of our foundation within a few weeks! This will be the third time we have ripped open the earth, and each time feels traumatic when the bulldozers and backhoes have at it. We had to dig into […]

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Whole Trees Architecture and Construction

WHOLE TREE TIMBER FRAMING BEGINS AT UNDERHILL HOUSE

GETTING READY TO BUILD INTO THE HILL