There’s a house going up in Walnut Creek, CA that was manufactured in Austria. The prefabricated structure is composed of European Larch panels, twelve inches thick, fixed together with dried wooden dowels that will absorb moisture from the panels and expand to keep it all secure. Architect Gordon Pierce is building the home for his daughter’s family. He’s President of Pure Wood Solutions, which hopes to raise U.S. interest in this patented prefab system known as Thoma Holz100. It’s quick (a house can be assembled in 3 days) and green (the European Larch is easy to grow, no glues or chemicals are used, and the factory is fueled by wood waste).