Timber Framing and 富山ストローベイルハウス協会

September 4, spoke at a seminar sponsored by the Toyama Straw Bale House Association. The week after the seminar, September 5-9, I worked with Akihiro Yoshimoto, founder and director of the Toyama Straw Bale House Association. Hiro is professionally trained as a carpenter.

Preparing columns for a straw bale building to be built fall 2010 – summer 2011.

Remove bark

炭付け before cutting the tenon

September 10 presented at the Architectural Institute of Japan’s Annual Conference which took place at Toyama University.