A system for constructing log structures includes a corner connection
structure, a through-bolt clamping apparatus, an opening support
structure, a butt joint connection structure, a log profile, and an
exterior casing structure. The corner connection structure has logs with
overlap portions shaped so that the overlap portions of the logs of a
first wall overlap and alternately interlace the overlap portions of the
logs of a second wall. A generally vertical slot extends through the
overlap portions of the logs, and at least one spline is provided in the
slot. The through-bolt clamping apparatus has a through-bolt extending
along the height of the wall, a lower clamp arm coupled to the
through-bolt and the bottom of the intersecting walls, and an upper clamp
arm coupled to the through bolt and the top of the intersecting walls.