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Building a Landmark

Celebrating 25 years of business, Big Timberworks offers diversity in sustainable building practices

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Built with recycled redwood siding, metal, board formed concrete and recycled styrene block with stucco, this home in the Bridger mountain range was meant to look as if it had always been there, a collection of several ranch buildings grown together. Photo By: JK LawrenceWhat other builders consider scrap, Big Timberworks has transformed into a custom furniture collection. For this room divider pressed tin was salvaged from a 1940’s granary and combined with reclaimed cedar; the table features recycled plow disks; and the bench incorporates industrial gravel screen with reclaimed fir Photo By: Karl NewmannThis modern addition was attached to an existing log cabin located up Trail Creek, designed for two chefs to have room to maneuver and have a gorgeous view through the curved wall Photo By: JK Lawrence
This home was designed to compliment, rather than dominate, the landscape. It is built from stone from western Montana logs reclaimed from Great Salt Lake railroad trestle. Salvaged metal roof, recycled from an old chicken farm, board-formed concrete recycled pickle-tank fir siding. Photo courtesy of Big TimberworksOne of the homeowners loved the clean sleek lines associated with metal and modern design, and the other home owner was more interested in the warmth that wood and organic shapes can lend. Photo By: JK Lawrence
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JK Lawrence, Karl Newmann

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