Timber Frame Construction

The first comprehensive book about section in architecture, containing 63 newly constructed, highly detailed cross-section perspectives of key buildings from the past 100 years

Offers a look at the various types of structure generally associated with the timber-frame tradition. This title discusses repair techniques, the procedures of investigation, the preliminary survey and the structural survey, followed up by case studies. It features numerous line illustrations and photographs.

This textbook provides a comprehensive source of information on practical timber design, and introduces the nature and inherent characteristics of timber given in relation to the requirements of Eurocode 5 (EC5).

This book offers the reader, whether student, teacher or practitioner, practical advice in designing timber architecture.