The first architectural design class I sat through in college centered in no small part on studying styles, sub-styles and the design elements which define them — style ranging from the Georgian Style to the High Victorian Gothic Style, from the Federal Style to (this is one I love) the Italianate Renaissance Revival Style. After […]

Over the years I’ve noticed significant changes within our industry and craft. A number of these I’ve applauded, others I’ve resisted. At the top of the list of the latter — those in which I most obstinately avoid participating — is the use of third party erection crews. When I first began timber framing I […]

The beginning of 2010 was the point at which the economic freefall finally caught up to us. We had work; just not enough of it to keep everyone busy. The distant future looked brighter than the immediate one. I knew our colleagues were in the same, and in many cases, worse predicament. Some companies closed; […]