Differing Approaches to the Elimination of Arcade Posts in the Timber-Framed Open Halls of Britain and Japan.
Vernacular timber-framed houses in Britain and Japan share an open-hall tradition where the frame is exposed. This paper classifies the types of trusses recorded in 40 halls in each of the two countries and focuses on the arrangement of timbers used as an alternative to arcade posts to support the s...
| Published in: | Vernacular Architecture Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 75 - 91 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2009
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