A CARPENTER WHO WENT TO WALES

My name’s Alex. I’m a carpenter from the Northern Beaches of Sydney.

I’ve been in construction for thirteen years, and for ten of those I’ve been running my own business. Carpentry has been my craft from the start, and I’ve been fortunate to spend my career building the kind of work I’m proud of.

Then I went to Europe, and something shifted.

WHERE THE CRAFT LIVES

In Europe, I kept walking into buildings that stopped me in my tracks. Barns, chapels, farmhouses, homes, all with their timber frames exposed, their joinery on display, their structure as part of the beauty rather than hidden behind it.

I saw how much that one choice, leaving the frame visible, contributed to the feel of a space. It gave buildings a soul that modern construction rarely has.

So I went to Wales to study. I earned my qualification in traditional timber framing there, learning the joinery, the hand tools, the drawings, and the discipline of a trade that’s been refined over a thousand years.

I came home knowing what I wanted to build.

SPOILT FOR CHOicE

Australia has some of the finest hardwoods in the world. Ironbark. Spotted gum. Blackbutt. Grey gum. Timbers that are harder, denser, and more durable than almost anything a European framer has to work with.

Combining that material with traditional framing craft is what Szabo Timber Framing exists to do. Raw Australian timber. Hand-cut joinery. Structures that will stand for generations.

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WHAT WE BUILD

Barns. Houses. Pavilions. Estate outbuildings. Features inside new builds where the frame becomes the architecture rather than hiding behind it.

Every project starts at the site. Every joint is cut by hand or by careful machine, then pared, fitted, and pegged. The work takes time, and the result is a structure where every beam has been chosen, shaped, and placed on purpose. Built to outlast everyone who worked on it.

LET’S BUILD SOMETHING THAT LASTS

If you’re building a home, a barn, or anything where the structure deserves to be seen, I’d love to hear about it.