Timber Frames

Make a backyard retreat space fit for kids or adults. A DIY tutorial to build an outdoor cabana lounge space, a relaxing hideout for anyone.

Custom designing and building sustainable timber frame homes and light commercial post and beam structures nationwide since 1974. We have a network of timberframe builders and over 5000 timber frame designs.

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History repeats itself in the dogtrot floor plan of one couple’s Lowcountry retreat.

The Tithe Barn was built in the early 14th century as part of the medieval farmstead belonging to Shaftesbury Abbey. Its function was to store the produce of the farm, and of the farms of the manor. Tenant farms contributed a tithe, meaning a tenth of their produce. King Ethelred gave the Manor of Bradford, including the monastery founded by St Aldhelm, to the Abbess of Shaftesbury in 1001. The barn is now owned and maintained by English Heritage.

This beautiful prefab cabin serves as Jens Risom’s getaway home. It’s nestled among Bayberry fields on Block Island, a popular summer tourist destination, located approx. 13 miles south of the coast of Rhode Island. Constructed from weathering wood and glass, this vacation home has been ordered by its owners from a catalog – already measured, …

Image 8 of 22 from gallery of Archery Hall & Boxing Club / FT Architects. Photograph by Shigeo Ogawa

Studio Tom Emerson, ETH, Zürich

Hybrid timber frame homes have a lot to offer, and this Washington getaway's smart design is the perfect example. See how the team behind this hybrid timber frame home was able to create privacy on a tight lot.

Unsere Stammleser werden es bemerkt haben, dass wir gerne eine Lanze für gesundes Bauen ohne Chemie und Plastik brechen möchten. Wir favorisieren nachhaltige Bauweisen aus möglichst wenig unterschiedlichen Materialien – weshalb der Holzrahmenbau mit seinen Winddichtigkeitsfolien und der häufig als Dämmstoff eingesetzten Mineralwolle auf unseren Seiten eher ein Schattendasein führt. Abgesehen davon ist es aus […]

A-Frame Glamping Cabin (cruck timber frame) | Timber Trails provides custom cabin designs, prefab cottage kits, and tiny house shells of affordable, efficient, and easy-to-finish structural insulated panels (SIPs) in combination with conventional construction and sustainable building techniques. Go to >> TimberTrails.TV

Timber Frame Tiny House with Tudor Split Timber Fachwerk | Timber Trails provides prefab cabin designs, custom cottage kits, and tiny house shells of affordable, efficient, and easy-to-finish structural insulated panels (SIPs) in combination with conventional construction and sustainable building techniques. Go to >> TimberTrails.TV

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