Lindal Cedar Homes

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Lindal Cedar Homes
Company type Private [1] [2]
Industry Construction
PredecessorColonial Homes [3]
FoundedDecember 31, 1944;79 years ago (1944-12-31) in Toronto, Canada [4] [3]
FounderSir Walter Lindal
Headquarters
Seattle
,
United States [4]
Area served
 North America, Hawaii, Japan, Korea, England, France, Germany, Russia [5] [6] [7]
Key people
Christina Lindal, president
Robert Lindal, chairman
Products Prefabricated buildings
Revenue$50 million (2005) [7]
Number of employees
193 (2006) [7]
Website lindal.com

Lindal Cedar Homes (est. in 1944) is an American manufacturer of prefabricated post-and-beam homes. Since 1950s it is the largest North American manufacturer of prefabricated cedar homes. [6] In the 1960s it was the largest US manufacturer of A-frame houses. The company operates as a third-generation, family-owned private company.

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History

Lindal Cedar Homes was established by Sir Walter Lindal in the end of 1944 in Toronto, Canada as Colonial Homes. [3] Lindal studied architecture at the University of Ottawa and sold lumber before World War II. [8] During the war he served in the Canadian Army Corps of Engineers and became interested in prefabricated housing. [8] Lindal originally picked Toronto as it was at that time Canada's fastest growing city. [7]

In 1962, the company built a sawmill outside Vancouver, British Columbia, next moved to Tacoma and finally settled in Seattle in 1971. [9] Since 1950s it is the largest North American manufacturer of prefabricated cedar homes. [6] In the mid 60s, after relocating to Tacoma, the company entered the A-frame houses market. [6] In 1965 it developed a patented low-cost A-frame house that made it market leader in this segment. [6] [10]

In 1971, Lindal Cedar became a public company in and traded on NYCE until March 2001, when the family bought the company out. [11] [12] [1]

In 1973, the firm established a Japanese subsidiary, Lindal Cedar Homes K.K. [13] It had, however, limited success in Japan selling only 50 or 60 houses a year in the early 90s. [14] Walter's son Robert "Bob" Lindal became CEO and president in 1981. [15]

In 1983, the company bought Justus Cedar Homes, Inc., a US prefabricated homes company in Tacoma, Washington that the Hungarian craftsman and businessman George R. Justus established in 1954. Lindal added Justus designs to its product line. [8] Around the same time, in 1982, it discontinued its A-frame business. [6]

In 1999 the company had 180 showroom dealers. [16] The company has experienced hard times due mainly to the rising price of western red cedar from Canada. It has been losing money since 1997 and had to cut costs, sold a sawmill in British Columbia and launched new lines of cheaper precut homes. [17]

Walter Lindal died in 2011. [3] In November 2018, the company sold its office grounds in Seattle, located in an A-frame building near Interstate 5, a move that Bob Lindal explained as a necessary step forward for the company. "We can no longer justify for ourselves or our international network of independent dealers to build a model home on the side of a freeway," he said. [18] In September 2022, Bob's daughter Christina Lindal assumed her role as president of the company, having gradually transferred responsibility over several years; she was previously executive vice president of the company. Bob remains chairman of the board. [15]

Building method

Lindal Cedar Homes relies on traditional post-and-beam construction while using architectural-grade glulam posts and beams for added stability and endurance. [19] It is suitable for green building. [20]

Design

In 2003, Lindal Cedar Homes partnered with the architect Michael Graves to produce Michael Graves Pavilion, a set of 3 low-cost pavilions distributed through Target. [21] [22] In 2004, it hired architect Jim Cutler, an architect behind Bill Gates's house, to design two floor Reflection Home Series. [23] [24] [25]

In 2009, Lindal Cedar Homes, was selected as a production company for three prefab houses designed by Marmol Radziner and Turkel Design for Dwell Homes. [26] These houses were included into The Green Design 100 list compiled by TIME. [27] In 2012, a Gambier Island house from this collection designed by Joel Turkel of Turkel Design won Best in American Living Awards from the National Association of Home Builders. [28]

In 2011, the company delivered a custom-designed 7,500 square-foot house in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, their largest ever. [29]

In 2013, Lindal Cedar introduced the Lindal Architects Collaborative, hiring 8 architectural firms (including Altius Architects, Bates Masi + Architects, Carney Logan Burke Architects, David Vandervort Architects, Dowling Studios, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Marmol Radziner and ZeroEnergy Design) to design houses using post-and-beam structure. [30]

As of 2014, the company had more than 3000 home designs. [5]

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