Handcrafted Timber Frame Homes
for the Pacific Northwest
New Energy Works combines timber framing tradition with design-build expertise - from your first sketch to the final beam.
Timber Frame Expertise
Timber framing is our heart - it’s the craft we’ve been honing for 40 years. Traditional mortise and tenon joinery is our passion and we’re often enhancing these traditional projects with custom textures, finishes, forged steel elements, and reclaimed or salvaged timbers. Our work includes homes, outdoor spaces, party and working barns, commercial buildings, and public spaces across North America.
Featured Work
Pagosa Springs, CO
Perched amongst the San Juan mountains, this timber frame home was carefully designed to make the most of the views. Custom finishes on the timbers give some special personality to the spaces within, as well as an eye-catching exterior.
Sisters, OR
This home was built with an appreciation for timber and light and the magic that happens between the two. Big windows and ample relaxation spaces allow the homeowners to fully enjoy the impressive Oregon landscapes around them.
Bridgewater, CT
This design incorporates several elements from the agricultural traditions of the Northeast for a home that suits the landscape. The central great room combines traditional heavy timbers with grain-matched glulam beams to achieve its complex geometry.
Our Timber Frame Design-Build Process
The process of timber framing starts with design. If you’re already working with an architect or design professional, then you’ll talk with our timber engineers. If you don’t yet have a design partner, you’ll chat with our design & build team. Either way, we can integrate into your project as needed.
Our designers are a collaborative bunch. They work alongside architects, builders and owners with the goal of producing a beautiful timber frame that highlights the rest of the home design. Have a complicated frame? We love to find new approaches and take on unique challenges.
The design and engineering process will result in a set of timber frame shop drawings, which our timber wrights will work from as they select timbers, cut joinery, and finish each post, beam, and brace. After you've committed to your design, we'll work out a schedule and you'll see us turning up on your site, prepared to raise your frame.
Depending on the nature of your home design, New Energy Works will participate in the rest of the build in varying ways. We're glad to offer our expertise on enclosure systems, insulation, and other high-performance solutions. No matter what, we'll work closely with everyone involved to ensure your timber frame fits just right.
Client Testimonials
"After meeting with New Energy Works, we knew we had found our timber frame company. The design team listened to what was important to us and turned those ideas into an amazing house. I can’t imagine living anywhere else.”
- Brandy & Serena S.
"To sit here in the great room and to look out the windows and see the view and to appreciate the timber framing - it looks seamless. It’s like it's one piece going from the great room and out onto the deck. It’s hard to describe, it’s really spectacular."
- Janet S.
"As the CFO of Starfire Lumber Co., I was closely involved with the idea, concept, design and construction phases of our company's new timber frame building. Our company produced the timbers used in our structure and New Energy Works provided us the services needed to make this project an overwhelming success. From designing, fabrication and architectural; to timber raising and project management, New Energy Works provided positive, timely and professional services every step of the way."
- Rob Thomas, Starfire Lumber Co.
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