In this episode of Cabin in the Woods, we build a small timber frame porch over the front walk door, and once completed have to cut and install an extremely complicated sheet of metal siding. These ...

Timber-frame construction puts gravity and lateral loads into fewer, larger members. It relies on exposed beams and open spans as defining architectural features. That differs from conventional wood ...

Timber is a natural, renewable material, easy to fabricate, and with low-carbon emissions. As a construction material, however, when put under enough directional force along its grain, sawn timber is ...

In this episode of Cabin in the Woods, we build a small timber frame porch over the front walk door, and once completed have to cut and install an extremely complicated sheet of metal siding. These ...

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PITTSFIELD — In May 1965, John Sobon, piloting a 60-foot crane, ripped into a North Adams apartment building, bringing a century-old timber frame structure to the ground. In a period marked by postwar ...