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June 20nd, 2010 The Seattle Times: Lindal home customized to gain new green certificate On a large lot in South Seattle, one house was deconstructed to make way for another, larger house that hits a triple crown of sustainable certification. It's all thanks to the vision of a woman committed to going green and Lindal Cedar Homes, the longtime kit-house builder, which collaborated with the homeowner to customize a combination of house plans to create the new house. June 22nd, 2009 Dwell On Design LA: The Dwell Homes Collection (Adobe PDF file) Partnering with Lindal Cedar Homes and Marmol Radziner Prefab, Dwell will make the most of the advantages modern prefab has to offer in terms of design, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability. April 24th, 2009 TIME Magazine: The Green Design 100 Created for Lindal Cedar Homes by Turkel Design, these nine homes have been designed to reduce surface area, thus reducing materials. Read more about The Green Design 100 in TIME Magazine's May 2009 special edition...

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March 7th, 2009
La Presse Montreal: Design d’exception pour un chalet contemporain
A french-language discussion of the new Dwell Homes Collection by Lindal Cedar Homes and Turkel Design. Read more on the Montreal Press french-language web site... or Read a Google translation of this article in English...

December 2nd, 2008
Charlotteville News & Arts: Devil in the Details: German Style Brewing in Nelson County
A green built community's flagship restaurant and brewery at the base of Wintergreen Ski Resort is built with Lindal engineering and local reclaimed materials. Read more on the C-Ville News & Arts web site...

July 11th, 2008
The Sofia Echo - Bulgaria: PROPERTY FOCUS: Cedar House Experience First Hand
The first cedar house model in the country was built at the Durankulak Lake with the common efforts of Lindal Cedar Homes and their Bulgarian partners from Kedrovi Kushti Bulgaria. Read more on the Sofia Echo's english-language web site...

Aug 26th, 2007
The Seattle Times: Lindal Goes Beyond the Family Tree
For the first time since Lindal Cedar Homes was founded 62 years ago, someone with a surname other than Lindal is entering the top executive ranks. Read more on The Seattle Times web site...

Feb 2007
Kiplinger.com: Backyard Getaways
They're much more than sheds. Think of these structures as detached cottages that can stretch your living space. Read more on Kiplinger.com..

Oct 2006
Inc. Magazine: How I Did It - Interview with Sir Walter Lindal, Founder of Lindal Cedar Homes.
Despite Sir Walter Lindal's Dickensian background, the company he founded in 1945, Seattle-based Lindal Cedar Homes, is now the world's biggest manufacturer of prefabricated cedar houses, with 193 employees and sales of $50 million last year. Read more on Inc. Magazine's web site...

San Luis Obispo Tribune: Bringing cabin style to the Central Coast
Lindal Cedar Homes is familiar to Northwesterners from the classic A-frame prow. This San Luis Obispo-based distributor of Lindal Cedar Homes is hoping to introduce Central Coast residents to another side of this 61-year-old company.

San Luis Obispo Tribune: Cabin fever in the North County
A custom-built cedar home in Atascadero uses large windows to bring the outside in while retaining a cozy, comforting feel. Read more on the San Luis Obispo Tribune's web site...

April 14th, 2002
The Seattle Times: Dream, Build, Fix, Fiddle, Fail and Fly
Sir Walter Lindal had a problem. It was World War II. A good Canadian boy like Lindal was expected to enlist, but he didn't want to get killed. One way around this, judging by his only uncle to survive World War I, was to become an officer. Read more on The Seattle Times web site...