While written in a conversational tyle, Timber Construction isn't lightweight. In addition to useful drawings and photos, there are also excellent checklists for designers and specifiers. Particularly impressive were the well-illustrated chapters on fasteners, connectors and traditional joinery.
An accomplished architect and specialist in timber design, Goldstein is passionate about the creative potential for architectural expression in heavy-timber structures. Although there is a tremendous volume of technical and practical information here, there is throughout an enthusiasm for the potential of timber construction.
Anyone who works with wood, either as a designer or builder, will find something new, useful and exciting in these inspiring pages.
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Written by one of the country's leading practitioners and authorities on timber architecture and construction, and featuring chapters by a top wood scientist and several renowned timber engineers, this book may well be the most complete and readable introductory guide ever prepared on modern timber construction. It offers you guidance on every phase of timber construction, from traditional joinery to contemporary materials, and from architectural details to construction strategies, including evaluation and rehabilitation of existing structures. Eminently readable and full of valuable advice, this book provides a conception-to-completion overview essential to anyone interested in or involved with timber construction.
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