This house is a hybrid timberframe. The south
wall is timber and supports the roof trusses, while the north wall
is framed using what we call box studs. These are a plywood, insulation
and 2 x 4 sandwich stud that is the same depth as the strawbales
(18” in this case). The central part of the timberframe features
Japanese brace live edge timbers. Two of these are ash and the center
one cherry.
We also built the stairs and handrail for this
house.