2023 PATRICIA ANDERSON FELLOWS PROGRAM DETAILS Spend the summer in Maine working to save historic buildings! Maine Preservation’s fellowship program spans nine weeks in the summer, split between five weeks of hands-on work with a trades firm and four weeks of organizational work performed remotely. Program timeline dependent on availability of fellow cohort but will […]
Internship Opportunity Available for Summer 2023 Spend the summer in New Hampshire working to save historic buildings! The N.H. Preservation Alliance, the statewide nonprofit historic preservation organization, is offering 1 or 2 summer internship positions for students of historic preservation and related fields in conjunction with the preservation trades and professions. Internships span 9 weeks […]
This Heartwood School course combines the core of our previous timber framing, homebuilding, and apprenticeship curriculums into one package for those seeking a career in timber framing or a deeper understanding of the skills needed to build their own timber frame. It's ideal for those who seek more opportunities for development than are provided in […]
May 5-10 with instructors Ariel Burns and Kyle Murphy In this timber framing course, students will layout timbers using the traditional square rule method developed in the early 1800s. Participants will learn proper hand tool use and sharpening techniques and will also have the opportunity to make pegs using a shaving horse and draw knife. The […]
The Guild is pleased to announce a Traditional Timber Frame Research & Advisory Group (TTRAG) conference in partnership with the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Association for Preservation Technology. Mark your calendar and plan to join us May 17-19 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. REGISTER NOW. This will be the first in-person, open TTRAG conference since the […]
Cruck frames use large, curved timbers to transfer the weight of the roof directly down to the foot of the posts. Besides being structurally efficient and allowing the wall frames to be lighter, their soaring arches create a beautiful interior space. Usually, each pair of cruck blades is halved from the same tree. Since the […]