What We Build

Wide shot of the Chittenden Brook Hut in winter with snow on the ground and skis outside. — The Chittenden Brook Hut, part of the Vermont Huts system, was built by our 2017 Semester in Design/Build.

Click through the slideshow to see a selection of work completed by students and instructors at Yestermorrow Design/Build School over the years. Yestermorrow courses complete a range of projects for real clients, from sheds and timber frames to cabins and homes.

Most of our projects make it to becoming a dried-in shell by the end of the course, at which point the client, school, or other professional partners are hired to complete the work. Much of the finish work you see in the photos below was completed by our friends and community, in addition to our students.

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Project Gallery

A timber frame pavilion with two people posing with their arms outstretched to showcase the project. — Timber frame pavilion, Bluff, UT (2022)

A finished tiny library stands in a field with sky in the background and red clover in the foreground. — Loam tiny library, Waitsfield, VT (2022)

A tiny house on wheels with pine board siding. — Tiny house, Waitsfield, VT (2021)

A cabin with a small covered porch. — Irasville cemetery shed (2022)

A building is craned through the air with blue sky and trees in the background. — Pinch House, Waitsfield, VT (2020)

A zip-sheathed cabin sits on a snowy hillside at dusk with the moon and ridgeline in the background. — Whole Systems Design cabin, Rochester, VT (2024)

A completed timber frame stands against blue sky. — Fontaine Sawmill barn, East Montpelier, VT (2025)

Wide shot of the Waistfield 10 house — Waitsfield 10, Waitsfield, VT (1990-2003)

Shot of the Mad River Green bandstand in summer — Waitsfield bandstand, Waitsfield, VT (1994)

Two matching park structures with benches face each other in a wooded area. — Hubbard Park structures, Montpelier, VT (2018)

The krunkle house photographed on a sunny day in spring. — Krunkle house, Montpelier, VT (2012)

A shed with a curved roof and vertical siding is photographed outside on a sunny day. — North Branch Nature Center shed, Montpelier, VT (2019)

Bluff cabanita shot with bluff formations in the background at night with a starry sky — Cabanita, Bluff, UT (2023)

MRV Rec Hub composting toilet, Waitsfield, VT (2024)