timber house

Wooden beam home

A timber house is a house built primarily with wooden structural elements—posts, beams, and frames—rather than brick, stone, or modern materials like steel or concrete.

The term may describe traditional timber-frame construction where heavy wooden members form the skeleton, or more loosely, any house where wood is the dominant building material: The old timber house had stood for two centuries.

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Opposites
primary construction material

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Building of quarried material

brick house · adobe house · cob house · mud brick house · stone cottage

construction method/tradition

timber housestone cottage

Small rock-walled house

construction method/permanence

timber houseprefab house

Factory-built dwelling

mobile home · modular home · trailer · tent · yurt

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G