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preparing foundation
foundation trenches
trench
8" ICF form foundation
ICF foundation - pour finished
ICf foundation
dimple membrane attached
basement utility room
preparation for ceiling
basement ceiling - pouring concrete
basement celing - finished pour
brick detail
first few brick rows up
WEst view
South view
East view
main
South
elevated entrance area
south wall
foamglass insulation and vapour barrier
pouring slab
growing walls with temporary window framing
Main floor walls complete
Main floor walls - South side
Detail of U-shaped bricks to be filled with reinforced concrete
insulation and rebar in place
reinforced concrete placed in insulated U-shaped clay bricks, which will support the floor for the second story.
14x14" timber
lifting timber into place
placing timber
first floor ceiling beams
kitchen area celing beams
half way up the second floor
kitchen area
second floor underway
South-West side with Loggia
entrance area
with second story ringbar completed
view towards entrance
entrance and stairway
construction period staircase
2nd story half way up
Sout-West side
preparing the roof structure in the shop
roof beams
purlin plate design
setting up the main roof beams
main roof beams up
half-lap detail
putting on Douglas Fir boards
Ceiling boards
flood June 2013
after flood
after flood 2

European clay brick combined with timber frame construction.

Alberta's first German insulated clay masonry home:


Highly energy-efficient European clay brick country-home combined with timber frame construction. Completion to lock-up stage by Tennengau Timberworks.


Update Summer 2013: This house survived the June 2013 flood in Alberta with no structural damage despite having stood in 4ft of raging river current for 3 days! No mould growth was detected.

Two neighbouring homes were completely destroyed. The last two photo show the house right after the flood.


  • Exterior Walls are built of 14" Unipor Coriso insulating clay masonry blocks with an R-Value of R27 unplastered.
  • 8" Logix ICF foundation with partial basement
  • Delta MS dimple membrane water-proofing around foundation walls
  • Timber frame interior and double roof structure with visible rafters
  • Hemp batt insulation in roof
  • Steico wood fibre boards as sarking board / roof sheathing
  • High-end Austrian wood windows with aluminum clad
  • Concrete roof tiles
  • ... and more
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