An example of the latter is often partially finished lumber used in timber-frame construction.

"Rather, new houses tend to have a sturdy feel, often using timber-frame construction and using Arts and Crafts detailing."

Station has found no evidence that injury or death in fires is more likely in dwellings of timber-frame construction than in any other form of construction.

With their heavy, timber-frame construction and masonry walls, they were built with a precision and care unknown today, and designed to last despite decades of neglect.

He is a former furniture maker and conventional builder who started doing timber-frame construction in 1972.

He became intrigued by timber-frame construction when he tried to disassemble an old barn, he said.

The nave has a coffered ceiling with secure timber-frame construction.

Most homes are single detached homes of timber-frame construction built around World War II, but some duplexes and recently built units also exist.

In the United States and Canada, timber-frame construction has been revived since the 1970s and is now experiencing a thriving renaissance of the ancient skills.

Once a handcrafted skill passed down, timber-frame construction has now been modernized with the help of modern industrial tools such as the CNC machines.