Handshouse is a non-profit, innovative, educational organization that creates adventurous hands-on projects through community-service, building projects with partners around the world as a way to illuminate history, understand science, and perpetuate the arts.
We are honored to announce!
Jackson DuBois and Michael Burrey represented the Handshouse Studio Notre-Dame Project in the official reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris’ iconic timber spire in France!
Michael Burrey, Traditional Carpenter, owner/operator of MLB Restorations (Plymouth, MA) and Preservation Carpentry faculty at the historic North Bennet Street School (Boston, MA) and Jackson DuBois, Professional Timber Framer, owner/operator of DuBois Timber Frames (Cooperstown, NY) and Executive Director of the Timber Framers Guild, were both vital participants in the Notre-Dame Project full-scale reconstruction of Choir Truss #6 in Washington, DC in 2021.
As a result of their participation in this ongoing hands-on educational project, DuBois and Burrey were selected to work on the official reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris in France! They were invited to work as members of the team of professional French carpenters of Asselin, one of the companies rebuilding Notre-Dame’s 315-foot timber spire, originally designed by 19th-century restoration architect Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc.
Margaux Hammer, Lily Nudel, Elizabeth Pearson, North Bennet Street School students/alumna, Ross Beebe professional carpenter of Rockbridge Timber Frames, and Daniel J. Papke of the Historic Preservation Training Center of the National Park Service coax the our Notre-Dame de Paris Truss #6 Replica back together for an exhibition in Washington, DC, September 26, 2022.
Handshouse Projects are possible from the Support of our community!
Handshouse Studio is a 501c(3) non-profit organization. Donations are tax-deductible. Our tax ID number is 04-3715575.
Handshouse Studio cofounder, Rick Brown, was invited to TEDx Natick in January 2020
to speak about the unique teaching philosophy—he and Handshouse cofounder, Laura Brown, developed together—that fueled the creation of Handshouse Studio.
Projects in the News/
Timber Framing: Journal of the Timber Framers Guild, June, 2022/ Articles by Notre-Dame de Paris Truss Project from participants.
Atlanta Constitution Journal/ The Notre-Dame de Paris Truss Project on display at the Millennium Gate Museum in Atlanta, GA April 2022
Smithsonian Magazine/ The Notre-Dame de Paris Truss Project at Catholic University campus in Washington, DC August 2021
Georgia Bulletin/ The Notre-Dame Truss Project exhibition at the Millennium Gate Museum in Atlanta, GA until April 25th. Photo by Johnathon Kelso
ABC News Chronicle 5/ The Handshouse Studio team raising our Notre-Dame de Paris truss reconstruction on the National Mall August 5th, 2021
Members of Congress visited the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland/ Viewing our Gwoździec Synagogue reconstruction!
The Mariner/ “La Forêt” Model Workshop, part of the Notre-Dame de Paris Truss Project offered Handshouse Studio in Norwell, MA March 2022
Timber Framing: Journal of the Timber Framers Guild, March, 2022/ Articles by Notre-Dame de Paris Truss Project from participants
New York Magazine, CURBED/ The Handshouse Notre-Dame de Paris Truss Project workshop in Washington, DC. Photo: Greg Kahn/GRAIN
Timber Framing: Journal of the Timber Framers Guild, September, 2021/ Articles by Notre-Dame de Paris Truss Project from participants
Mark Your calendars/
A 1/10 scale model of the Eastern end of the Notre-Dame de Paris roof structure on. This curved roof model called an Apse, is on exhibition here in alongside the full-scale replica of Choir Truss #6 a the Millennium Gate Museum in Atlanta, GA April 2022. The La Forêt Model is part of The Notre Dame de Paris Truss Project that Handshouse Studio is organizing with groups and institutions around the country.
Notre-Dame Project returns to the University of Georgia!
February 5-9th 2024
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews/
Handshouse Studio’s reconstruction of the Gwoździec Synagogue ceiling painting and timber roof are on display as part of the CORE exhibition at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews.
Warsaw, Poland
The Handshouse Studio Bushnell Turtle Revolutionary War Submarine reconstruction on display in the front lobby of the new International Spy Museum. Check it out!
Washington, DC at L'Enfant Plaza
There’s always room for more hands!
The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and theLamar Dodd School of Art invited Handshouse Studio: Notre-Dame Project back to Athens,GA to offer a five-day workshop to continue the 1:10 scale white-oak model recreating one of the oldest sections of Notre-Dame de Paris timber roof.