Some buildings end up carrying more than their own history. The cabin at Hendersonville is one of them — a log structure that became a working recording studio and then a kind of landmark for everyone who passed through it.
A log building as a studio
Solid log walls are acoustically unusual: mass, irregular surfaces, and no cavity resonance. Engineers who have recorded in log rooms describe a warmth that is hard to build deliberately. It is an accident of the construction method, and it is one reason the room kept being used long after anyone would have chosen to build a studio that way.
What survives a fire
Heavy solid timber chars on the outside and protects the section beneath. That is why large log and timber members often remain structurally serviceable after a fire that would destroy conventional framing. It is the same principle behind heavy-timber fire ratings in commercial construction, and it is worth understanding before anyone condemns a burned log structure.
The company we keep
Over fifty-five years we have worked on homes and buildings for people whose names you would know, and far more for people whose names you would not. The buildings get the same attention either way. That is the only part of this we are inclined to brag about.
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Fifty-five years of log and timber frame work, one shop, one crew. Bring us your site, your plan, or your questions.
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