facing the forest

I (kreig) am working on translating HP Lovecraft's "The Street" into Lojban, and have come across the following problematic phrase:

cabins of stout oaken logs with masonry on the side toward the forest

kpreid and I have discussed this on IRC and are a bit puzzled.

Solutions

• le mlana be fi lo tricu po le zdani cu staku
  • le mlana be le zdani bei lo tricu cu staku

• lo tricu cu jvinu le zdani le staku bitmu
• lo tricu cu crane le zdani tu'a le staku bitmu

• le zdani bitmu be fa'a lo tricu cu staku
• lo rotsu ke cindu stani ke'e zdani poi se mlana lo takybli le ricfoi