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Welcome to New Frameworks Natural Building's home on the web

We hope you find it both inspiring and useful. Within these pages we give you an overview of the natural building services we offer, and we provide answers to some commonly asked questions regarding natural building in the Northeast. We also encourage visitors to check out our portfolio of images of our work. And of course if you have any questions that remain unanswered regarding our work or your potential project, you will find our contact information located on our contact us page.

We hope you enjoy your visit to the world of New Frameworks Natural Building, and we look forward to hearing from you.

All the best,
Jacob and Ace

About

Natural building in the Northeast combines raw materials like straw, clay, wood and stone to create beautiful, handcrafted structures and finishes appropriate to the climate.

New Frameworks Natural Building is a collectively-owned natural building company based in Montpelier, VT. We are committed to creating ecological, durable, beautiful structures and finishes for clients, through a building process that is healthy for all involved.To this end, we focus on natural, local, low-impact materials such as straw, clay, sand, stone, and wood, and we combine these elements to build strawbale, woodchip/clay, cob, and timberframe walls; to mix and apply natural, non-toxic paints and plasters; to install stone and tile installations; and to pour and set adobe floors.

We prioritize good communication and healthy minds and bodies with clients and among our crew. We are committed to building a positive environment: from the structure itself to the relationships between the people involved with it.

Together with natural builders in the Northeast region, we at New Frameworks Natural Building are testing, innovating, and striving with every wall system, installation, or finish to render natural building relevant, trusted, and successful in our cold, northern climate. We are are a part of a natural building community of builders, designers and educators who are working together to build and share our knowledge and conviction that to build natural is the best thing we know: for ourselves, for clients, for the places we live, for the natural world.

To us at New Frameworks Natural Building, natural building means: local, natural elements, good process, and great product.