Handcrafted log buildings
We design and construct unique handcrafted log structures, expressing the natural forms of logs to create buildings that speak to the landscape and leave a legacy for generations.
Start a projectWhether it's a home, office, shed or small frame, we work closely with each client. Collaborating with you, we suggest options, model your ideas and agree construction drawings. Planning and building warrant drawings can be produced by us, as required. The log components are built at our yard, then transported and reconstructed by us at your chosen location.
What we build
Healthy, breathable homes that can be scribed directly onto rock and built on steep ground, designed to building-warrant standard for a modern dwelling.
Cabins, offices and workshops built to any size or shape, with sheltered porches and turf roofs that let even large buildings blend into a landscape.
Log work, stone and grass roofs give the most utilitarian building real presence, and robust detailing means they last a lifetime with little maintenance.
Solid, chunky pieces from the most interesting wide boards we set aside. Log tables and benches are a speciality.
Custom boards, slabs and beams up to 6 metres. Douglas fir is always available; larch, oak and elm depending on quantity.
Featured projects
Cantilevered over a 300ft gorge on recycled pylon steel, with a mineral soil roof to match its surroundings. The perfect place to get creative and inspired.
A simple cabin designed to provide a quiet space to escape to, built on-site with saddle corner notches and post and purlin gables.
A beautiful little cabin standing on tree-stump foundations, with a wood shingle roof.
The craft
Both styles can be combined: scribed walls with round-log porches, garden rooms and exposed roof framing.
Horizontal log work
Logs are stacked horizontally and each one is scribed to the one below for a sturdy, air-tight wall, the style of the North American frontier cabin.
Round-log framing
Logs become vertical posts, horizontal beams and diagonal braces, joined with traditional pegged joinery. Frames can be open-sided or in-filled with insulated walls.
How it works
We visit your site to understand views, materials, weather and shading, then model a concept. We prepare planning and building-warrant drawings and a detailed costing.
Highland logs are graded, peeled, marked, cut and scribed into place in our workshed. The whole building is assembled there, and you're welcome to visit at any stage.
We take it apart, move it to you and rapidly re-erect it to wind and watertight. We can continue to turnkey, or you can finish it yourself or with local trades.
Why logs
Warm, earthy colours, solid walls and natural forms create tranquil spaces that invoke feelings of protection and contentment.
The organic curves and grain of hand draw-knifed logs are inviting and tactile. Log walls dampen outside noise and reduce echoes within.
Solid log walls have high thermal mass, absorbing heat and releasing it as the room cools. Timber also regulates humidity naturally.
Logs store far more carbon than a timber frame, for the life of the building, with minimal processing and local Highland materials.
Start a project
Tell us about your proposed project, a little about yourself and where your site is. Get in touch well in advance so we can advise on options and their impact on cost.