The Sala House: Heavy Timber Frame
5 5) Wood corbel section detail

Timber frame out of 6"x6" douglas fir columns and beams for vertical loads only, which require pin connections only with 1/2'' rebars; wood corbels cut from six-by-six stock also enable beam to post connections with 1" bolts. The framework exposes ...

A building can only amount to something as a living thing when the various physical elements which appear in it are profound centers. The dominant feature of the process that is working correctly is that new centers are formed, and ...

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, ...

Drawing sheet with building section, window section and details, framing plans and other details.

Two images of the timber connection between post and beams through shaped corbels.

Professional photograph of the timber connection between post and beams through shaped corbels.