When Dave and Becky Lime purchased a 2.5-acre lot on Linwood Lake near Wyoming, Minn., during the mid-'80s, they decided to take on an ambitious project: building a timber frame home. Timber framing ...

A half-timbered manor home formed of a 14th-century Wealden hall house with 16th- and 20th-century alterations and additions in the U.K. county of Kent, has hit the market for £2.15 million (US$2.68 ...

An English home that’s centuries older than the U.S. has hit the market for £4.95 million (US$6.28 million). The storied, timber-framed house in the village of Seal Chart in Kent, dates to 1510, if ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X NORTH BEND, Wash. – Extensive timber frame expertise was not a prerequisite when Daucey and Pat ...

TAKES A VILLAGE: Barron Brown directs a crew at a barn raising near Marshall. Photo by Storms Reback It’s not every day you get invited to a barn raising, so when I did, I jumped at the opportunity.

A major piece of art was installed in the dream home of Deborah Marbut and Dan Burger this week, long before the carpet gets laid or the place is painted. The art is the home's structure, its bones, a ...

PITTSFIELD — In May 1965, John Sobon, piloting a 60-foot crane, ripped into a North Adams apartment building, bringing a century-old timber frame structure to the ground. In a period marked by postwar ...

Post and beam and timber frame are both beautiful methods of building but most people think of them as one and the same. Although they are similar, there are subtle differences between them. Both are ...

The old ell has been reassembled. A steel beam carries the weight of the new roof. A few weeks ago, the 300-year-old timber frame ell was dismantled and refurbished. The pieces have been brought back ...

Scars left by axes swung before the Civil War show the work of skilled builders who shaped timbers for use in homes, barns and warehouses long before cutting machinery came along. Each board or beam ...

This house in Pennsylvania is built around the timber frame of an old barn originally located near Ann Arbor. (Photo provided by Charles Bultman) ANN ARBOR, MI - A barn that stood near Ann Arbor since ...