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The Art and Craft of the Post-and-Beam Home

Tedd Benson

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Product # 070676
Type Paperback
ISBN 978-1-56158-608-0
Published Date 2001
Dimensions 9-1/4 x 11
Pages 240
Photos color
Drawings photos and drawings

The art and craft of the post-and-beam home

Timberframe explores the lush, varied design potential of this timeless architectural form. With 400 color photographs, drawings, and plans, the book showcases 23 homes and 6 timberframe additions that display the warmth, character, and versatility of today's timberframe home. For homeowners and fans of this classic building form, Timberframe is a stunning visual gallery and a compelling source of inspiration.

While most modern homes conceal their humble skeletons, the timberframe home honors the structure by displaying it for all to see. The elegant beauty of soaring wood timbers, each magnificently crafted to join with the next, suggests strength, safe haven, and permanence. Each home in Timberframe celebrates its wooden bones in its own way, from East Coast island traditional to Nebraska contemporary.

Ask This Old House's Norm Abram for the most respected name in timberframe design and construction and he'll cite Tedd Benson, the man single-handedly responsible for the popular national revival of this beloved, age-old construction form. Timberframe presents 25 years of Benson's craft and practice, with examples from the Rocky Mountains to New England. With styles ranging from traditional to contemporary, Timberframe takes you on a tour of the most beautiful post-and-beam homes in North America.

"For many years it has been a dream of mine to build a timberframe home. One of these days I'll realize that dream, and when I do this book will help stoke the fires of my imagination -- maybe I can even get my old friend, the author, to give me a hand!"

-- Steve Thomas. Host of This Old House

Winner of the Silver Award for second place in ForeWord Magazine's 1999 Book of the Year Award for the Home & Garden Category!

ForeWord Magazine, the independent publishing industry's leading trade and review journal, announced the winners of its annual Book of the Year Awards in March. ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award program was founded in 1998 to recognize the vital books published by small, independent and university presses. More than 1,000 titles were entered in the 1999 competition, and award-winners were selected in twenty-three categories.

Table of Contents

Foreword NORM ABRAM

Prologue: The Art and Craft of the Timberframe

1 In the Country

Prairie Prospect: NEBRASKA
Home Spirit: VIRGINIA
Craftsman's Way: WASHINGTON
England West: COLORADO
Concord Barn: MASSACHUSETTS
Vaulted Dwelling: MASSACHUSETTS
Time Crafted: MASSACHUSETTS
Horse Haven: MARYLAND

2 On the Water

Timber Bonded: MASSACHUSETTS
Light Hall: SOUTH CAROLINA
Island Sentinel: MASSACHUSETTS
World Apart: CONNECTICUT
Tree House: NEW HAMPSHIRE
On Rocks: CONNECTICUT
Glass Bunker: BRITISH COLUMBIA
Bras d'Or Ark: NOVA SCOTIA

3 In the Mountains

High Plains Salvage: MONTANA
Mountain Manor: MONTANA
Western Chateau: COLORADO
Chalet West: MONTANA
Snow Barn: VERMONT
Sun Lodge: COLORADO
Mining Hall: COLORADO

4 In Addition

Master's Wing: MASSACHUSETTS
Abundant Farm: NEW HAMPSHIRE
Trumpet Haven: SOUTH CAROLINA
Barn Anew: MASSACHUSETTS
Timber Sanctum: NEW HAMPSHIRE
Thatched Nest: ENGLAND

Epilogue: In the Past

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