Timber Frame Building Methods
We offer three building methods to meet your goals of aesthetic beauty, quality joinery, and affordability.

Aurora Legacy © - Traditional Timber Frame

A custom designed and entirely handcrafted project from start to finish. Our craftsmen select the finest quality timbers—cedar, Douglas fir, Eastern White pine, or oak, among others—and determine the best use of each piece. Our framers lay out and cut all joints by hand, and trim all adjoining surfaces with planes and hand chisels to produce a frame that approaches the quality of fine handcrafted furniture.

Depending on the size of the frame and the wood species, your frame will take from three to six weeks to cut. We will expend well over 1,000 man-hours to complete it.

Timbers may be planed, sanded, and oiled with a clear citrus-based product, giving the wood a finished appearance. Or, you may prefer hand-hewn, recycled or reclaimed timbers - wood that came from old-growth forests and was possibly part of an airplane hangar, warehouse, or inner-city building for the last 100 years. The patina of the aged wood will make your living space unique and the hand joinery will make it spectacular.

Remarkable Space © - New Technology Timber Frame

Our Remarkable Space © homes are custom designs manufactured from the highest appearance grade timbers we can find. Frames can be made from your choice of wood species – reclaimed, recycled and even hand hewn.

We use state-of-the-art, computer-driven machines for fabrication. Precision cuts and virtually zero-tolerance joints are the result. Our machines reduce handling and fabrication time to days rather than weeks, making even larger homes and barns more affordable.

Remarkable Space © homes are frequently large, with high cathedral ceilings and timber-framed great rooms or ballrooms. They are especially suitable for the sea coast, lake shores, or alpine settings - anywhere you wish to merge incredible views with incredible living area.

Aurora Post and Beam © - Hybrid Timber Frame

These hybrid models may combine Aurora Legacy © joinery and with conventional stick-built framing techniques to achieve a timber frame look and feel with the savings of some conventional framing.

A hybrid frame might be timber framed trusses set on a stick-built wall or on custom-fabricated metal posts. The effect will be an integrated rafter/truss system that you will enjoy for years to come. We can design for your builder, or deliver pre-built walls with all the necessary frame parts.

Special Needs?

We build on islands and at remote locations. Check with us to see if we can build at your location.