Comments on: 800 Interlocking Wooden Parts, 8 Men, 1 Chinese Pavilion

By: zdillinger

zdillinger — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:04:47 +0000

If you want to see a fascinating, full scale example of a somewhat similar building, check out the Olbrich Botanical Gardens Thai Pavilion in Madison, WI. They built it piece by piece in Thailand, then flew it over here and assembled it in Madison. An awesome building, I was just there a couple of weeks ago. http://www.olbrich.org/events/thaianniversary.cfm

By: thomaswhoyt

thomaswhoyt — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:40:21 +0000

NOWWW ya tell us this is going on. I live about 35 miles away… and would have been happy to bring some ‘refreshements’ along for the two of you PopWood folk – plus some for the rest if they would allow me to “help”.

Looks interesting… Now I’d have to drive to the bottom of the nation to see something similar!!

TWH
Winchester, KY

By: josemhj

josemhj — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:31:57 +0000

I noticed in the list that #10 was Ling-Kung. Perhaps you could call these “Ling-Kung logs”? Sorry, I couldn’t resist…

By: richardrank4

richardrank4 — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:12:05 +0000

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By: John Hutchinson

John Hutchinson — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:49:55 +0000

I’m familiar with the three Greek orders, but I didn’t know that the same concept existed in Chinese architecture. I wonder if there are orders other than the one shown in the drawing. I did a Google search and ended up at a bunch or take-out sites. There was a Buddha Jumped Over The Wall chef’s special that looked mighty tempting.

By: ecafsub

ecafsub — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:35:35 +0000

Awesome find! At last, a reason to make the 6-hour drive to McAllen (I live in Austin). I doubt we’d get the same chance to examine the joinery as closely as Schwarz & Co., but it’d still be most groovy to see.

By: Jonathan Szczepanski

Jonathan Szczepanski — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 01:01:54 +0000

I can’t stand puzzles of any kind (jigsaw, crosswords, sudoku). I think it is because there is only one answer. I prefer subjective issues (drawing, furniture, web design, etc.)

By: David Randall

David Randall — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:18:17 +0000

Wow! This looks like the Shakespeare of woodworking. Are the plans available to buy anywhere? I don’t have the time left to duplicate this, but it would be fun to follow the joinery, and maybe use some in simpler pieces.