Robert Laporte

Robert Laporte is the founder of the Econest Building Company and the Natural House Building Centre and author of Mooseprints: A Guide to Holistic Building. He served on the original board of directors for the Timber Framers Guild from 1985 to 1987. He is a professional builder specializing in earth, straw, and timber-frame structures. He has been designing and building natural homes for the past twenty-five years in Canada and the United States. For the last thirteen years he has taught...See more

Robert Laporte is the founder of the Econest Building Company and the Natural House Building Centre and author of Mooseprints: A Guide to Holistic Building. He served on the original board of directors for the Timber Framers Guild from 1985 to 1987. He is a professional builder specializing in earth, straw, and timber-frame structures. He has been designing and building natural homes for the past twenty-five years in Canada and the United States. For the last thirteen years he has taught workshops and built projects using these techniques throughout North America and Scandinavia. See less