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Sala House: Heavy timber structural frame, combined with concrete exterior walls – Photographs

01/01/1983

Focus on Details

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

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Construction Innovation 1 Items

Sala House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with red and grey cast concrete exterior walls 1982

Construction System, Combination of Timber Framework and Concrete

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 ...

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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

Sala House 1981 to 1983

700 Hillside, 94706, Albany, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in Jun-1983

Three-story tower, 20 feet by 20 feet in plan on each floor, on a wooded, sloping site. The interior structure of the house is wood post and beam with pine panelling and hand-painted surfaces, and the exterior is a red ...

Drawings 1 Items

The Sala House: Heavy Timber Frame 5 5) Wood corbel section detail 01/01/1982

Construction Innovation, Presentation Drawing, Axonometric, Details

Five drawings with construction details of the timber frame.

Photographs 1 Items

Sala House: Heavy timber structural frame, combined with concrete exterior walls - Photographs 01/07/1983

Construction Innovation, Focus on Details

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