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Timber framing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Timber framing is the modern term for the traditional half-timbered construction in which timber provides a visible skeletal frame that supports the whole building. Half-timbered construction in the Northern European vernacular building style is characteristic of medieval and early modern England, Germany and parts of France, in localities where timber was in good supply and building stone and the skills to work it were in short supply. Half-timbering is characteristic of English vernacular architecture in East Anglia, Worcestershire and Cheshire, where one of the most elaborate surviving English examples of half-timbered construction is Little Moreton Hall. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Half-timbered

Half-timbered Houses Oak is hard and durable, which in part explains why so many medieval half-timbered buildings have survived. It is only a desire of modern builders to provide a romanticised version of half-timbering that has produced imitation or black painted timbers. Timbers which had minimal structural importance were added to the frame, to enhance the decorative effect of dark wood set into whitewashed walls. www.britainexpress.com /History/half-timber.htm

Vernacular architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia At least some of those who eventually use the building are often involved in its construction or at least have direct input in its form. Vernacular building shapes, floorplans, materials, construction techniques, and other characteristics are often generated from centuries-old local patterns. The definition can include a wide variety of domestic and agricultural buildings, industrial buildings, commercial structures, etc. The distinguishing feature of traditional vernacular is that design and construction are often done simultaneously, onsite, by the same people. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vernacular_architecture

tree house, wendy house, play house THE LEOMINSTER - green oak, half timbered children's play house Construction follows traditional methods utilised for many centuries, with mortice and tenon jointed frame members, secured with oak dowels. 'A' Grade green oak is utilised throughout the construction, which is straight grained and contains no sapwood. www.rossettidesign.co.uk /tree_house.htm

Encyclopedia: Architecture Structuralism is an approach that grew to become one of the most widely used methods of analyzing language, culture, philosophy of mathematics, and society in the second half of the 20th century. General civil construction such as roads and bridges began to be built. Post-structuralism is a body of work that followed in the wake of structuralism, and sought to understand the Western world as a network of structures, as in structuralism, but in which such structures are ordered primarily by local, shifting differences (as in deconstruction) rather than grand binary oppositions and... www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Architecture

OzarksWatch The half-timbered superstructure rests on a massive stone foundation, 24' thick, which is fully visible on the west (rear) elevation and almost completed banked into the hillside on the east (front) elevation. In Europe, where a long tradition of housebarn construction existed, where land and construction costs were high, and where consolidation of farm enterprises in one structure may have been desirable for reasons of practicality and security, housebarns were common. The archaeological remains suggested that it was a two-room dwelling situated on a hillside, with a stone foundation under the northern half. thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org /lochist/periodicals/ozarkswatch/ow301i.htm

Herrenberg: The Half-Timbered House Path Whereas the "Alemannic" half-timbered house is noted for its statically open construction, the so-called Frankish half-timbered style is characterised by the playfulness of its ornamentation. Half-timbering is a skeleton method of construction in which the load-bearing framework is made of wood. Despite this, the remaining buildings provide impressive examples of the whole range of half-timbered buildings in South-West Germany from the 15th to the 19th century. www.herrenberg.de /index.php?id=43&L=1

Peterhouse - Architectural Tour (The Little Rose) 'The Peterhouse pub', built in the sixteenth century ot plastered half-timbered construction, is a rare surviving example of the domestic architecture of Tudor Cambridge. www.pet.cam.ac.uk /virtualtour/arch_tour/077.html

Warren Township Historical Society Nogged construction is not uncommon in New Jersey as this practice was common circa 1750 and was commonly used in residential, not agricultural, buildings. The building is of the Standerbau, or noncantilevered, type offachwerk construction. The structure is constructed of adzed timbers with pegged, mortise tenon connections. www.warrennj.org /wths/duderst.htm

Timber Cladding in Scotland: page 6 Timber frame itself was not new in Scotland, nor was prefabrication - the novelty lay in the degree to which prefabrication could be applied to mainstream housing and in the use of masonry claddings. Timber cladding was used for many industrial purposes where large span buildings were required, but worries about fire resulted in the earlier timber cladding being replaced by corrugated iron or some other form of profiled metal. As a result, timber buildings in Scottish towns were demolished in a systematic way throughout the 19th century and advertisements regularly appeared in the local press offering timber from old houses or asking for tenders for demolition contracts. www.scotland.gov.uk /library5/housing/tcis-06.asp

Wattle and daub - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Some of the most well-known constructions to use wattle and daub were the Crannógs. Daub and wattle are building materials used in constructing houses. Early Irish settlements were built using this building method already in the Neolithic, maybe as early as 6000BC. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wattle_and_daub

The Diseworth History Page The present main house is a three bay construction, with one surviving cruck, on stone foundations. This is a very interesting old building as it is one of the few surviving examples of cruck construction in the village. Part of the building is of cruck construction. www.diseworth.org /HISTORY.HTM

The construction of the half-timbered villa at Riederfurka The construction of the half-timbered villa at Riederfurka With the sense of style of those days and perhaps the Victorian tastes of his client in mind, Cassel’s architect designed a manor house that got its half-timbered character from the fine board work on the façade. In the summer of 1899, the most important discussions took place about the construction of the planned summer residence at Riederfurka. www.pronatura.ch /aletsch/en/history/construction.html

half timber This is a medieval building style that uses very large pieces of hardwood, often oak, which are cut in half to form the structural elements or frame for the building. The interstices between the wood are filled with masonry, plaster, or horse hair and plaster. www.ontarioarchitecture.com /halftimb.htm

Fur Post Construction When English settlers first arrived in North America, the typical style of building in England was the "half- timbered" house in which the frame of the house was constructed with timbers and the spaces between filled with bricks or masonry. This style of construction was quite complex, and the English, influenced by Swedish, German, and Dutch techniques, rapidly switched to what is called "Swedish" style construction in which notched round logs are interlaced one on top of the other in classic "log cabin" style. In finer construction of this type the timbers would be squared, the ends would not stick out at the corners, and the overlapping joins would be dovetailed. www.northwestjournal.ca /PostCon.htm

Mountain Architecture: Chapter II Construction is all but the same as the previous figure--with the characteristic Valais roof. Similar in construction to the previous illustration, the varandah extends along the opposite side of the structure--note the eave projection. In most other regions of the world, timber construction dominates but with the same local variations as are found in the Alps. www.seanet.com /~tdeering/thesis/ch-2a.htm

Florilegium urbanum - Almshouses Construction was of the half-timbered type, but the facades would have been plastered over, hiding the timbers, much as they are today. The church of All Saints in North Street, York, is first heard of in the third quarter of the twelfth century, but probably was a much older foundation. www.trytel.com /~tristan/towns/florilegium/popreli16.html

Thurrock: A Visionary Brief in the Thames Gateway Built in a “modification of a Jacobean style” on the riverfront (see aerial view of Cruise Terminal), the half-timbered construction was thought best for the site, which was an unstable layer of silt. The construction of the Albert Dock in 1880, feted as the finest dock in the world, threatened to put other London docks with less modern and accessible facilities out of business. New berths and quays were constructed specifically for the unloading of container ships, and also a rail container terminal. www.visionarythurrock.org.uk /docs/artists/helenabenzenou/docks/archive.html

La Citadelle The inner walls are half timbered, with the original wattle and daub. It is of medieval construction, with outer stone walls more than a metre thick. The front end, at the top, contains a three room farm house, the centre has an enormous carriage hall, while the far side has several animal shelters, including a 50 foot run of cow stalls. www.geocities.com /lacitadelle.geo/pic18.htm

The Bergsburg Project The outside of the building is an impressive sight - a three storey half-timbered construction with a dressed local stone ground floor. The other half of the room is storage for costumes, and the racks are hung with garments from many historical periods and nations. Since its construction almost 200 years ago, the Tiegel has been kept in good condition, but there it is undeniably the case that it is an old-fashioned theatre. www.bergsburg.darcore.net /sn/bb_sn23.html

Mailgate: misc.consumers.house: Re: What's This Board? In the United States, harsh winters made half-timbered construction impractical. And you are correct that the wattle and > daub was the term for the infill - half-timbered is the name I use for the look - Nehmo - Now that Mark told me it was half-timbering, I can look it up Half-timbered http://architecture.about.com/library/blgloss-halftimbered.htm 'A "half-timbered" building has exposed wood framing. Many Queen Anne and Stick style houses were given false half-timbering. www.mailgate.org /misc/misc.consumers.house/msg46363.html

The History of Salem - 1766 To The Present From 1767 to 1771 construction proceeded on the new town. The first building project in Salem was the construction of two cabins to house the workers who were building the town. On May 25 of that year the land was staked out and construction was begun on the new Saal. www.1766salem.org /history3.htm

BBC NEWS Wales Mid Wales Timber expo at historic hall The "Celebration of Timber Buildings" at Llanidloes Market Hall is dedicated to the history of half-timbered buildings. These structures were a favoured form of construction common in mid Wales in the 16th and 17th centuries. The market hall, which has timbers in it dating back to about 1560, is not the only example of a timber framed building in Llanidloes. news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/wales/mid/3036162.stm

Guardian Shanghai surprise ... a new town in ye olde English style In a small corner of the giant construction site that is China, something rather quaint is happening: modern skyscrapers are giving way to Georgian terraces, concrete squares are being discarded in favour of English village greens, and instead of the usual eight-lane superhighways there are winding cobbled lanes. Construction has begun on a train link that will cut the journey into town to 15 minutes. That, at least, is the ambitiously low-rise plan for a giant new satellite-city near Shanghai that aims to recreate the most picturesque elements of a British town to lure homebuyers from China's newly affluent middle class. www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4937259-103681,00.html

Wood Just as half timbered construction methods were brought to this country by early English immigrants, so also were various styles of log construction. Another common form of traditional house construction is the half timbered house. Log construction was common on the American frontier because of the abundance of free wood, and the lack of equipment to readily turn logs into boards. char.txa.cornell.edu /media/wood/wood.htm

Half-timbered construction - Result for Half-timbered construction - Meaning of Half-timbered construction - Definition of Half-timbered construction - Dictionary of Meaning - www.mauspfeil.net I suggest this article needs merging with the article timber framing, as per architectural tradition both ''timber framing'' and ''half-timbered (construction)'' are identical techniques. I earnestly urge the author of ''half-timbered construction'' to recognise this. There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Half-timbered construction. www.mauspfeil.net /Half-timbered_construction.html

Honfleur Holidays: La Ferme Troussebourg The charming old farmhouse, which faces south, is of typical Normandy half-timbered construction dating from the 17th Century, and colourful roses, wisteria and grapevine climb its walls. There are a number of picturesque barns close by, including an old stable, bakery and a “batiment” housing the original machinery used for pressing the apples to make cider and calvados (the locally produced liqueur which can be very strong, so be warned!). On receipt of your booking we will send you our full up-dated information sheets giving details of local activities, recommended restaurants, important telephone numbers, and places of interest. www.honfleurholidays.com /farmhouse.htm

Scandinavian Heritage Festival of Utah Norwegians and Swedes were familiar with northern European log construction, while Danes favored half-timbered building due to the deforestation of Denmark by the seventeenth century. An unusual feature of this log construction is the use of two vertical mortised logs on either side of the front door. The architecture of their farm buildings, cabins and houses were influenced by construction techniques and building forms from back home. www.scandinavianheritagefestival.com /heritage.aspx

Herzlich Willkommen in Wernigerode - Der bunten Stadt am Harz. Not only the marvellous half-timbered construction will attract your attention, but there are beautiful figured decorations as well. Originally the house had been a mill, but with its new construction in 1680 it was given the present-day shape, though it stood upright then. The Western Gate Tower was first mentioned as a gate construction in 1356. www.wernigerode-tourismus.de /uk_sehenswertes.html

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