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After first teaching for twenty years and then timber framing for thirty-six years, the last twenty-six of which have been as president of LCTF, I will be retiring at the end of December. This move isn’t sudden; it has been in the plans for more than a dozen years. To those clients, builders, and architects […]

Lancaster County Timber Frames’ head designer, Joshua Coleman, recently had the opportunity to lead a timber frame workshop in Mount Morris, NY.  The Lamplighter Summer Guild provides a one-week hands-on workshop, with a biblical Christian perspective in the visual and performing arts, story creation, and horticulture. This year, the Guild expanded their offerings to include […]

The approach to the design of my second house was inspired by the analytical process described by Rex Roberts in his book “Your Engineered House” (M. Evans and Company, Inc.,1964). Passive solar structures can be found in almost all cultures throughout history, but I give Roberts high credit for applying logical thinking to residential design. […]