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Stuff we do

Spring 2015 Intro & Advanced
TF course project. Final raising Cumberland, Maine


Teak Gooseneck Scarf,
Nosara, Costa Rica Fall 2014.

Spring 2005 Advanced TF course project

Asturias, Spain Summer 2008


Costa Rica Teak Frame Casita, 2008

Patagonia, Winter 2006

Raising bent in Costa Rica 2004


Rattlesnake Mtn Project, 2011
 

Costa Rica TF 2024 Now Set • November 23-Dec. 1, 2024
The final dates for the 2024 Costa Rica Community Building Initiative Workshop has now been set. Scroll down for more info.

Costa Rica TF 2024 Dates Now Set
Nosara, Costa Rica • November 23-Dec. 1, 2024
 

The final design and dates for the 2024 Costa Rica Community Building Initiative Workshop has now been set.

In this project we will be teaming up with the Bomberos de Nosara, to build a new Headquarters and Principal Lifeguard Tower at the main entrance of Play Guiones, Nosara.

Working alongside the local lifeguards who will be manning the station, students will lay out, cut and erect a pentagonal tower, with an eclectic flying hyperbolic curve roof system. The frame design will provide an excellent opportunity for students to expand their timber framing talents to include compound polygonal and hyperbolic systems. This workshop is highly recommended to serious timber framing enthusiasts, and to anyone who would like to pitch in to help the Bomberos of Nosara save lives through their life-saving program.

This workshop has all the makings of a life-changing, and potentially, life-saving, community building experience.

For any surfers, you'll be happy to know that the tower will be built on the beach directly in front of one of the most consistent surf breaks in all of Costa Rica, at Playa Guiones.

The workshop will be conducted in Playa Pelada, at the beachfront retreat and learning center, villas Ecositas Nosara. All work will be carried out under the 12-sided reciprocal pavilion built in the 2019 Costa Rica Workshop. Camping on site is included. A limited number of spaces will be available on a first-come basis in the Ecosita bungalows on the property. These will be casitas shared with other students. available at a cost of $400 per person for the duration of the workshop. A few partial scholarships will be available. Anyone wishing to apply, send an email queary explaing your need for a scholarship.

Taking part in this community building workshop will truly make you a lifesaver.

Workshop Details

Ths will be a 9-day workshop
Tuition: $2,750. 50% of the tuition will be charged to reserve spot upon registration.

Tuition includes all meals, tent camping (bring your own tent). Bathing facilities are available on site. Accommodation in one of the teak bungalows constructed in past Fox Maple workshops will be available on a first come first served basis.

If you have any questions, please send us an email.

Register Now

2025 Timber Framing Workshop Series at Fox Maple
Intro Timber Framing, 2025 dates to be announced soon
Advanced Timber Framing, 2025 dates to be announced soon

If you've ever wanted to take part in what has become the longest running timber framing program on the planet, we invite you to register today to reserve your spot in this the 42nd Annual, 2024 Workshop Series.

As usual, we will be offering the Introductory and Advanced Timber Framing courses back-to-back. This is the best way to get the full flavor of timber framing essentials, allowing one to gain the knowledge and confidence to enter the trade professionally or to build your own timber frame home. 

We look forward to meeting and to working with all of the new students, as well as any returning students in 2024.

Vive Jean-Claude

Workshop Dates

Intro Timber Framing
July 1-6. 2024
Advanced Timber Framing
July 8-13, 2024
Combined Intro & Advanced
July 1-13, 2024

Tuition includes breakfast and lunch and camping on site for the duration of the workshop. Bathing and kitchen facilities are available.

Register Now

Teak Gooseneck Joint. Nosara 2014

Download the
Fox Maple School Booklet
This booklet describes all of our workshops, the school site, tools and supplies you should bring to the workshop. It also includes timber framing plans of the principal structures at the school site. All of these structures were workshop projects, built by students.
To download click on the cover graphic to the left.

Links to
useful info

A Workshop Primer:
Tools & Lodging Info, a must read
for potential students
Natural Building Workshops
Clay Systems, Cob, Thatching

Costa Rica 2014 Photos.
Click here

Costa Rica 2013 Raising Gallery

Brittany, France 2013
To see a Photo Gallery of the
Brittany Cruck Workshop click below
Brittany 2013 Photo Gallery