Photograph

Martinez Heavy Timber Carpentry Workshop: Heavy Timber Load Bearing Frames and Trusses – Photographs

01/01/1985

Work in Progress

Photograph of the load bearing structure of the workshop, columns, beams and roof trusses, before its cladding and finishing were completed.

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Construction Innovation 1 Items

Martinez Heavy Timber Carpentry Workshop: Heavy timber load bearing frames and trusses 1985

Construction System, Heavy Timber Load Bearing Structure

Heavy Timber Loading Bearing Frames and Trusses; 12"x12" columns and 8"x14" beams and trusses; all wood.

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

Innovative Construction Systems, Techniques and Materials

One of the main topics of research, included in every building project, was to identify, early on in the design process, the material and techniques of construction. This would re-establish building as an art, and allow rapid shaping and adaptation, ...

Projects 1 Items

Heavy Timber Carpentry Workshop 1985 to 1986

4207 Arthur Road, 94553, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Offices & Workshops, Realized , Construction completed in Apr-1986

The third building completed on the Martinez site was a heavy timber carpentry workshop, 800 square feet of floor area, with 12"x12" columns and 8"x14" beams, specially engineered trusses and wood paneling. .