Warren NH, 2017

This beloved Dartmouth institution is situated in the White Mountain National Forest and is owned/operated by the Dartmouth College Outing Club. It is open to the public 3 seasons out of the year. In 2017, the original log building was dismantled and the lodge was built anew. The updated building is designed by Maclay Architects, is 11,000 square-feet, and features a highly unusual round log timber frame. Each log is custom-scribed to its neighbors, seamlessly concealing solid wood joinery within. The log work here was contracted and refined by John Nininger of the Wooden House Company. I was one of two production leads working under John, heading the fabrication of trusses and other log assemblies.

Moosilauke Ravine Lodge

Sunny photo of a cedar post supporting two round log trusses with fully scribed, round-to-round joinery in the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge.
Fully scribed round-to-round logs with mortise and tenon joinery.
Corner of a timber framed hip roof with fully scribed round logs.
Ariel Schecter uses a huge drill while cutting the logs for the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge.
Triple forked round log post with solid wood joinery, in the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Round log truss and valley rafter connections in Darmouth College's Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Scribed timber frame joinery in a log truss, ready for test fitting.
Scribed timber frame joinery in a log truss, during test fitting.
Scribed round to round log joinery with knotty, irregular logs.
End grain view of two round logs with mortise and tenon joinery, scribed togther to become one seamless tenon.
X-ray view of massive round log king post truss, showing mortise and tenon joinery.
Huge round log truss with mortise and tenon joinery being assembled.
The round log timber frame for Dartmouth College's Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, assembled upside down.
Upside down round log truss from the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge timber frame.
Exterior shot from a distance of Dartmouth College Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, after the timber frame was fully raised.
Exterior distance shot of Dartmouth College Moosilauke Ravine lodge after the timber frame raising was complete.
Exterior round log details at Dartmouth College Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, with posts landing on boulders.
Basement level of Dartmouth College Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, showing scribed round logs in the floor system overhead.
Exterior shot of hip roof porch at Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, with log posts landing on huge boulders.
Organic, branched round logs incorporated into the fully scribed timber frame at Dartmouth College Moosilauke Ravine lodge.
Whimsical round log walkway travels through bifurcated tree fork post in the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge timber frame.
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