In Colonial times, they did it the old-fashioned way. They built houses with massive skeletons of wooden beams–and no nails. This type of construction–called timber framing–was an import from the Old ...

Heading up Frank and Brenda Baker's driveway in Blissfield, Mich., the first thing you notice about their bungalow-styled house is the timber truss supporting the front porch. With its weathered wood ...

Post and beam and timber frame are both beautiful methods of building but most people think of them as one and the same. Although they are similar, there are subtle differences between them. Both are ...

A Wexford company specialising in timber frame houses is perfectly placed to meet the expected increase in demand for timber homes encouraged by the proposed changes in national building regulations.

A council is looking to plug a financial shortfall in a pioneering collaboration between residents of a North Yorkshire village and a university to build timber frame houses that can be adapted to ...

Alfredo Rico was a statistician at the United Nations' Manhattan headquarters in 1979 when he realized number-crunching and politics were not for him. He left the UN's modern complex at First Avenue ...

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The Government has appointed a group of consultants to examine whether timber-frame houses could be a viable option for Ireland. A consortium, headed by Anthony Reddy Associates, Architects and ...

About two thirds of people believe more timber frame houses should be built in Ireland rather than using concrete or steel, according to a new survey. Research carried out by Red C into public ...

Iam in Wellington, where I spent my first twenty years. I have walked, as I used to then, down the hill from Wadestown. The pines are now taller and blacker and the glossy mounded foliage of native ...