I've avoided doing that here until now, giving business advice. I've always asked myself, who am I to give business advice? What great business accomplishments do I have? I've always related to those with far more accomplishments than me, whom I follow, respect and from...
The Antohi House project came with a number of challenges for the architect, designer and builder. The owner, Claudiu Antohi, wanted first and foremost a passive house on a wooden structure, secluded from the city and with an energy generation system. The house with a more special architecture was to have...
Ways of protecting wood existed long before the advent of factory-made varnishes. The ability of some materials to keep water away or to make the surface more resistant to scratching or rubbing led to their use to improve the qualities of wood. Wax...
NZEB is a building efficiency standard. From 2021, all new buildings - houses, blocks of flats, schools, kindergartens, hospitals, sports halls or auditoriums - must comply with this standard. NZEB is short for nearly zero energy building which...
The rounds of wood are obtained by cutting the log perpendicular to the center line. This is not the usual way of sawing wood because, when cut in this way, the logs almost certainly crack during drying. It is almost impossible to get a whole log without certain treatments and subterfuge. And...
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