Using full-color photos, detailed drawings, and clear step-by-step instructions, Learn to Timber Frame (Storey Publishing, 2016) is a guidebook for beginners, showing exactly how to build one small ...

“Roundwood Timber Framing” is a superb natural-building resource. If I’d had Ben Law’s book Roundwood Timber Framing back when I was learning how to build in the ’60s, I would have been inspired to ...

Timber framing requires tools you can trust, and in this build I’m forging a slick and chisel set from scratch. The process ...

Using our native softwoods and 'in the round' construction, this innovative technique results in beautiful buildings with high environmental credentials In a clearing in our woodland at the ...

A detailed look at how traditional Japanese timber framing is carefully restored using skilled craftsmanship and time tested methods. Discover how damaged wood is repaired while preserving structure ...

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 ...

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 ...