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Rob Roy

Author/editor Rob Roy has been building, researching and teaching about cordwood masonry for 25 years and, with his wife, started Earthwood Building School in 1981. He has written ten books on alternative building, presented four videos - including two about cordwood masonry - and has taught cordwood masonry all over the world.

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Stoneview

Stoneview

How to Build an Eco-Friendly Little Guesthouse

Stoneview is an octagonal cordwood masonry timber-framed guesthouse with a living roof, located in upstate New York, fully constructed and finished …

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The Complete Cordwood DVD

The Complete Cordwood DVD

The Complete Cordwood DVD demonstrates all aspects of the technique of cordwood masonry, whereby walls are constructed from mortar and "log ends." …

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Earth-Sheltered Houses

Earth-Sheltered Houses

How to Build an Affordable Underground Home

An earth-sheltered, earth-roofed home has the least impact upon the land of all housing styles, leaving almost zero footprint on the planet.

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Timber Framing for the Rest of Us

Timber Framing for the Rest of Us

A Guide to Contemporary Post and Beam Construction

Many natural building methods rely upon the use of post and beam frame structures that are then in-filled with straw, cob, cordwood, or more …

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Cordwood Building

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, …

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