As you plan your dream home ... Next week: Finding a framer. The Timber Frame Homes Buyer’s Guide is available for $3.95, plus $3 for shipping and handling, from Home Buyer Publications ...

“The Timberframe Plan Book,” by Michael Morris, Dick Pirozzolo (Gibbs Smith, 2000). For general information about timber frame homes, consult the Canada-based International Log Builders ...

Using full-color photos, detailed drawings, and clear step-by-step instructions, Learn to Timber Frame (Storey Publishing ... Now anyone could build a house — and faster, with a smaller crew.

Besides homes, they’ve worked on additions ... the last eight years we’ve had someone come in with a set of timber-frame plans,” DuRant said. “More times than not, it’s going to be ...

A downtown Milwaukee apartment high-rise that would use high-grade timber, not steel, for its frame has won Plan Commission approval ... of the Goll House tower, 1550 N.

London architecture firm A-Zero has completed an oak frame house that incorporates the steel ... The ground floor is largely occupied by an open-plan living and dining area that also incorporates ...

In an age of mass production, flimsy building materials, and cookie-cutter homes, timber frame structures stand ... open floor plans (no load-bearing interior walls) and exposed timber and joinery ...

When I built my own house, I wanted the timber look inside, but because I was doing all the work myself, and I didn’t have the money to rent a crane to raise a traditional timber frame ...