Eijgel Residence
Large cedar windfalls were skidded out of the forest, bucked into lengths varying from 6 feet to 15 feet as required.
These logs were then hand split into 4 inch and 5 inch thick by 6 inch to 14 inch wide planks. The planks were then grooved and splined and fitted together to form the sold cedar walls and roof.
Sawn cedar lumber was used for the beams, window frames, etc. While peeled cedar poles were used as columns.
Other materials were limited to glass and concrete. Specialized tools and methods were developed by the builder, Richard P. Mann (the Architect's father), to construct this building and the others that followed.
This home is an early ( the 60's) example of sustainable/green design , well before these words were in our vocabulary."
This home was featured in Ottawa Citizen (Jun, 1971), Western Living Magazine (Apr, 1970), and nominated as one of the best 100 buildings in Canada by the Massey Medals Committee and who placed photos of this building on tour throughout Canada for a year.
Builder - Richard P. Mann
Photography - Rose McCrosky & Henry Mann
The Eijgel Residence is featured on pages 35 - 41 in "Architecture - Part of the God Dance"