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Note: All images of buildings on this website are designed by Havencraft using ArchiCAD and rendered in Twinmotion.
None are generated using AI.
Featured Projects
This contemporary home on Baptiste Lake has exceptional views. And a very bright interior to maximize the enjoyment of those views.
This contemporary home on Baptiste Lake has exceptional views. And a very bright interior to maximize the enjoyment of those views.
A single storey, cottage with hempcrete walls. This cottage captures stunning views of a lake below.
A single storey, cottage with hempcrete walls. This cottage captures stunning views of a lake below.
This home is nestled in the rolling hills of southern Ontario. With expansive views of both the front and back fields, the covered porches are a wonderful place to take in the serenity while enjoying an outdoor fireplace.
This home is nestled in the rolling hills of southern Ontario. With expansive views of both the front and back fields, the covered porches are a wonderful place to take in the serenity while enjoying an outdoor fireplace.
The front faced with a great deck built by John and his fine sons.
Exterior view
A creative detail to achieve structural stability while also working with the front gable window - while looking incredible at the same time. Thanks to Tim Krahn of Building Alternatives for his creative engineering to make it work.
The front faced with a great deck built by John and his fine sons.
We started the construction of our home in the summer of 1999 and moved in that winter. Over the years, it has evolved and we can honestly say that we feel it is now done!
The homes features are: -slab on grade foundation with in-floor radiant heating -post and beam log frame, some exposed some hidden -straw bale walls with cement/lime base plaster and lime finish plaster -passive solar design -geothermal heating -Grid-tied solar array making the home Net-zero+ (make more energy than we use) -triple glazed windows -Enviroshake roof
The blacksmith shop -my son Andrew built the forge for me!
We started the construction of our home in the summer of 1999 and moved in that winter. Over the years, it has evolved and we can honestly say that we feel it is now done!