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This type of carpentry has a frame with horizontal beams or logs tenoned into slots or mortises in the posts. Pièce sur pièce en coulisse: Literally piece on piece in a groove is a widespread type of carpentry that blurs the lines between log, plankwall and framing techniques, thus is classified as any of the above.
Tongue and groove joints allow two flat pieces to be joined strongly together to make a single flat surface. Before plywood became common, tongue and groove boards were also used for sheathing buildings and to construct concrete formwork. A strong joint, the tongue and groove joint is widely used for re-entrant angles
The tendency for wood that is being cut to direct the saw parallel to its grain. lath. Also called a slat. A thin, narrow strip of straight-grained wood, typically arranged side-by-side with others and used to support roof shingles or tiles, as a backing material for plaster or stucco in walls and ceilings, or in lattice and trellis frameworks ...
Timber design or wood design is a subcategory of structural engineering that focuses on the engineering of wood structures. Timber is classified by tree species (e.g., southern pine, douglas fir, etc.) and its strength is graded using numerous coefficients that correspond to the number of knots, the moisture content, the temperature, the grain ...
Vaulted ceilings with exposed beams often in combination with tongue and groove roof decking; Mixed material exteriors of stucco and brick, wood or stone; Deep overhanging eaves; Cross-gabled, side-gabled or hip roof
Artesonado in the Throne Room of the Aljafería in Zaragoza, Spain Artesonado in the Tlaxcala City Cathedral, Mexico. Artesonado or Spanish ceiling is a term for "a type of intricately joined wooden ceiling in which supplementary laths are interlaced into the rafters supporting the roof to form decorative geometric patterns", [1] found in Spanish architecture.
Vigas are wooden beams used in the traditional adobe architecture of the American Southwest, especially in New Mexico.In this type of construction, the vigas are the main structural members carrying the weight of the roof to the load-bearing exterior walls.
A hammer-beam is a form of timber roof truss, allowing a hammerbeam roof to span greater than the length of any individual piece of timber.In place of a normal tie beam spanning the entire width of the roof, short beams – the hammer beams – are supported by curved braces from the wall, and hammer posts or arch-braces are built on top to support the rafters and typically a collar beam.