Expert training and step-by-step guidance, taught by practicing timber framers since 1974
Earn AIA continuing education credits by learning something you'll actually use. Shelter Institute is a registered AIA CES provider, and our online courses earn LU|HSW credits toward your annual requirement. Give us your AIA member number at enrollment and we report your credits directly to your transcript. No self-reporting, no paperwork. These aren't slideshow courses built to fill an hour. You'll learn how heavy timber structures actually go together: joinery, load paths, and enclosure systems. Learn at your own pace, on your own schedule, and take it straight into your next project.
AIA Accredited Online Course Offerings
Purely Post & Beam Online Course - AIA HSW Accredited
- 13 hours of learning material - with extras from behind the scenes and history at Shelter Institute
- Unlimited access - learn at your own pace
- 24’ x 24’ cut sheets
- 13 LU|HSW Continuing Education Units
- 7 Sequential Learning ModulesÂ
Timber Frame Bedframe Online Course - AIA HSW Accredited
- 28 lessons
- 3+ hours of learning material
- Unlimited access - learn at your own pace
- Double through King size cut sheets in both nominal and full dimension
- 4 LU|HSW Continuing Education Units
- 7 Sequential Learning ModulesÂ
The Very Best Selection of Fine Woodworking Tools
We sell the tools we use and love, the same tools we teach with. Shelter Tools was started in response to the inability to easily purchase high quality tools in the 70's. We still carry that purpose today. Browse Timber Framing Tools, Hand Saws, Carving Knives, Axes, and more.
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