timber frame
Post-and-beam construction
A timber frame is a building structure made of heavy wooden beams joined together, typically with mortise-and-tenon joints rather than nails.
The method dates back centuries and remains popular for homes and barns where exposed wood beams are an aesthetic feature: They built a timber frame cabin in the mountains.
As an adjective, timber-frame describes this construction style: a timber-frame house.
- peggingFastening with pins
- carpentryWood construction trade
- rafterSloped roof support
- oakQuercus genus member
- joineryFitting wood pieces together
truss · hewing · brace · post-and-beam · mortise and tenon · dovetailing · barn · purlin · king post · joist · half-timbered · colonial America · Tudor · spruce · old growth · gable · exposed beams · beam
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- architectureEiffel Tower, buildings, architects, design, thatching
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
- home buildingframing, foundations, roofing, foundation, walls
- barnsbarn, red barn, bank barn, dairy barn, pole barn
- farmhouse stylefarmhouse, barn door, shiplap, exposed beams, rustic decor
timber framesteel frame
Metal structural support system
steel studs · iron frame · metal frame · reinforced concrete · aluminum frame
timber framerammed earth
Compacted soil as building material
poured concrete · concrete block · stone construction · adobe construction · adobe