Commercial & Lodge Railings Gallery
When heavy rustic architecture scales from a private residential cabin to a massively sprawling commercial lodge, the visual impact and the structural engineering must violently multiply.
These massive, heavy timber installations are fiercely engineered to survive immense rolling crowds, demanding federal IBC 50-PLF lateral loads, and brutal ADA graspability compliance, all while attempting to aggressively maintain the breathtaking rustic authenticity of the surrounding wild landscape.
The imagery in this gallery showcases the absolute pinnacle of heavy log construction, aggressively demonstrating how master timberwrights forcefully utilize intensely dense massive wood like Douglas Fir, massive hidden structural steel plates, and violently oversized anchor newel posts to legally barricade thousands of tourists without aggressively ruining the spectacular mountain view.
The Massive Commercial Deck
Notice the sheer, aggressive scale of these exterior heavy timber spans. To fiercely survive the IBC 50 PLF load requirement alongside terrifying alpine snow loads, these massive horizontal top logs are incredibly thick, violently breaking the traditional rules of delicate residential design. Observe the heavy use of secondary, fiercely bolted-on metal grab rails, desperately required to satisfy the violent graspability mandates of commercial ADA law while allowing the massive, ungraspable 6-inch primary log rail to powerfully dominate the visual aesthetic.
The Grand Lodge Foyer Staircase
The interior sweeping centerpiece of a massive luxury hunting club or a towering ski-resort dining room. These violently massive staircases demand extreme structural rigidity. Notice the intensely complex, highly engineered massive timber joinery. Massive vertical anchor posts—often fiercely carved with elaborate wildlife chainsaw art or incredibly complicated heavy spirals—violently anchor the sweeping ascent. Watch closely for the incredibly invisible, concealed structural steel Timberlinx connectors holding the massive architectural spans fiercely together from the inside out.
The High-Altitude Restaurant Balcony
Balancing heavily terrifying safety regulations with the desperate need to provide paying guests a spectacularly unobstructed view of a massive alpine valley. Observe the wildly popular, heavily engineered hybrid approach: massive, wildly rugged 8-inch solid Douglas Fir top rails and aggressively heavy bottom horizontal logs, fiercely sandwiching a massive, highly tensioned grid of nearly invisible 316 marine-grade stainless steel cables. The massive wood provides the undeniable heavy lodge architectural aesthetic, while the fiercely modern cable infill aggressively vanishes, violently delivering the spectacular mountain sunset to the dining tables.
Stunning commercial lodge logs framing a mountain sunrise.