Small Footprints
If you are designing a cabin as a short term rental, investing in expanding a hotel, or building your dream tiny house, its very important to take extra steps to make sure you are not going TOO SMALL....
Spruce Tips
The Mighty Norway Spruce - Picea abies- is synonymous with mass timber. In North America we see it as a fast growing ornamental tree for the yard, but it is the backbone of the European timber indus...
Optimize for what?
Decide how to optimize early. In creating a building kit, we can optimize for speed of assembly. When the focus is on speed, we reduce the overall number of elements and the variation between elemen...
It can't cost less than cheap construction, can it?
Let's ignore quality. Let's ignore sustainability. Lets pretend that money is the only think that matters. 1) Mass timber kits are a fixed cost. Unlike stick-framed unit, Red Falls Timber will pro...
You know, Fasteners...
Mass timber is amazing, but (it's a secret) connections are actually what it is all about. In a mass timber building expect the connections and accessories to be in the range of 10% - 15% of your...