Kensington Cottage Image Gallery

South elevation

Roof design

East elevation

Wall section

Foundation Cross-section

Cottage by Lizzie

Bob and students

Cottage architect, Bob Prud'homme

Bob the "Green" Architect

Chris Williams

Mike Neumann

Bob and Bob

Deanne helps with the foundation work

Martha and friends

Caitlin surveys the foundation

GLGI artists

Mark and Becky

Peg, Tom & Bob

Lance Bowen

People on horseback

Road to Cottage

Portable sawmill

Harvested trees

Cutting ash tree logs

Cottage foundation with oak tree

Foundation Layers

Pouring the foundation

Adorable piglet

Beautiful colt

Elsie the cow

New calf

Pile of piglets

More piglets

Floppy the Goat

Billie and Bucky the Twin Goats

Free Range Friend

Cottage Setting from the Hill

Pretty flowers near the Cottage

Phragmite

Cottage Foundation Form

Cottage Foundation and Beautiful Oak Tree

Cottage Foundation and Beatiful Oak Tree

Cottage Floor and Foundation

Pouring the concrete foundation and flooring

Pouring the concrete foundation and flooring

Mike and Bob working on the Cottage Foundation

Foundation with Radiant Heat Tubing

Cut timbers at the Cottage Job Site

Timber Bracing

Timber Stockpile at the Cottage Build Site

Bob and Doug at frame of cottage

Cottage framing

Frame of the children's cottage

Raising the roof

Raising the roof, part II

Raising the roof, part III

Cottage rising

Roof work

View from the road

Doug and Mike

Stone washing

Bob's tent

Hayride

Kensington Metropark Map

Mark & Becky's van

Cottage from hill

Cottage frame

Bob's sign

RRI sign

Completed frame

The roof overhang

New volunteer, Laura

Masons-in-training

Laura and Caitlin

Ben and Deanne

Felipe

Wall goes up!

Ben Long

phragmite

Deanne Thatching Demo

Making blocks

Making blocks

Mike with a block

Compressed earth block

Tom and Mike

Earth block machine

Bob Interview w/ Tom

Test Compressed Earth Block

Tom and Deanne

Deanne

Tom and Deanne

Outside wall

Inside wall

Natural building display

Beam and strawbale wall

CEB wall

CEB wall

Compressed earth blocks

Compressed earth blocks

Bob with Caroline

Bob with mallet

Closeup of wall

Molly with visitor

Making blocks

Making blocks

Making blocks

Sifting for stones

Strawbale and plaster

Strawbale and plaster

Plaster pig

Spirit of the Cottage

Spirit of the Cottage photoshopped

Plaster piggy

Plastered walls

Martha makes CEB

A sea of CEB

Straw insulation

Beautiful garden

Maura and friends

Deanne's books

Sifting clay

Cottage wrapped

Guard Bear

Roof interior

Winter Oak

Stone pillar