Title: Timber-Frame Houses
Edited by: The Editors of Fine Homebuilding Magazine
Format: Hardcover, no dustjacket as issued, 160 pages
Size: 9 1/2" X 12"
Publisher: The Taunton Press, CT, 1992
ISBN: 1561580473
In Good used condition, spine ends bumped, laminated pictorial hardcovers have a little scuffing, interior pages glossy, clean and bright.
Solid, graceful, and dramatic, timber-frame houses hold a special appeal for today's home owners and builders. The result, as this book clearly demonstrates, has been a new level of excitement and creativity among timber-framers all over the country.
In this collection of 31 articles from Fine Homebuilding magazine, you'll find remodels and reconstructions, new houses modeled after old-world styles, and inspiring new designs with open, modern floor plans. There's authoritative information here about the traditional tools and techniques of this 2,000-year-old craft and about recent innovations that have helped bring timber-framing into the 20th century. And there's inspiration aplenty for anyone intrigued by the possibilities of modern timber-framing.
