Above - Architect, Pavel Denisov, project in Vancouver, Canada (coals to Newcastle?)
KONTIO - Basics
Kontio became the worlds largest log building supplier by staying ahead of the competition through consistent quality, good design and innovation.
It distinguishes itself from the competition by taking the "typical" log building into new markets, these include:
- Garden buildings - designs beyond the conventional
- Family homes - spacious and fully featured homes
- Holiday homes - holiday homes to impress
- Retirement homes - spacious, healthy living on one level
- Glass houses - featuring large areas of glass for light to flood in
- Commercial - restaurants, hotels, offices, nursery's, schools
Unlike most of its competition, Kontio can incorporate other building materials into your design, expanding your design potential and distancing them from other manufacturers.
Left - Glass House 142
long live wood
Flexible & Innovative
Garden Buildings
Garden buildings, not to be confused with other buildings sharing the same nomenclature, designed and manufactured to last.
Above - Glass House 25
Family Homes
Family homes, designed with you with space to grow and adapt as your family needs change. Built to last and befitting the needs of the environmentally concious.
Above - Hill House EX150
Retirement Homes
Light, all on one level and a healthy environment in which to spend your retirement. The massive logs storing energy during the day, releasing it at night.
Above - Kontio Show House
Holiday Lets
Holiday homes to inspire, balanced living, fast build times, with a lower environmental impact and designed to fulfill yours and your guests aspirations.
Above - Tatra Mountains, Solvakia
New Thinking
A different approach to design solutions for architects and designers
Education
It is doubtful that you, as an architect, will ever have considered using massive logs in your design for an educational building, be it a nursery, school or college. Don't wait for our website to be finished, contact us now for further information.
Sheltered Homes
Log buildings are inherantly healthy places to live and to work in - perfect then as sheltered homes, quick to build, low running costs, easy to maintain, lower acoustics - time to think again about your design choices?
Restaurants, Hotels, Lodges
The central feature in this hotel is the stone fireplace - incorporating other building materials into your design draws on Kontios long history and experience, don't forget, we save you time, money and risk in design and engineering.
Kontio - Different by Design
Kontio, not just another log home manufacturer, working in conjunction with the architects on this very individual one-off home set 900 metres up a mountain in a small village in Switzerland, this is the result.
It's Not All About the Design
Timber log homes are lightweight structures and as here, built into the slope, they have a distinct advantage over conventional build methods, no need for expensive piling, less waste removal from site by virtue of need for shallower foundations.
Fascinated by Wood
The two architects working on this unique set of design requirements were both passionate about using timber extensively but despite their shared passion, they had contrasting tastes. Kontio brought the two lines of thought together into this stunning design.
Meeting of Two Worlds
The final result encompasses all of the paramaters of design, being eco-friendly, maximising solar gain, low energy costs and delivering a low carbon footprint and in keeping with the local environment.
All this and sustainability at the very core in every solution - as standard.
Off-site manufacture, with over 45 years experience, tried and tested technology, sold across the world, meeting compliance in every country.
Whether you are a domestic customer or design professional, working with you we take away the bulk of the design work and all of the structural calculations - saving time and money.
To forestry that has been sustainably managed for over 100 years with a significant surplus each year and the resources managed for wildlife as a complete ecosytem.
Time for New Thinking?