Timberframe
The Art and Craft of the Post-and-Beam Home
by Tedd Benson
Softcover
235 x 275mm
232pp
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, NY USA.
R.R.P.$39.90
ISBN 1-56158-608-0
Extract from back cover of book:
Ask This Old House's Norm Abram for the most respected name in timberframe design and construction and he'll cite Tedd Benson, the man single-handedly responsible for the popular national revival of this beloved, age-old construction form. Timberframe presents 25 years of Benson's craft and practice, with examples from the Rocky Mountains to New England. With styles ranging from traditional to contemporary, Timberframe takes you on a tour of the most beautiful post-and-beam homes in North America.
Timberframe explores the lush, varied design potential of this timeless architectural form. With 400 color photographs, drawings, and plans, the book showcases 23 homes and 6 timberframe additions that display the warmth, character, and versatility of today's timberframe home. For homeowners and fans of this classic building form, Timberframe is a stunning visual gallery and a compelling source of inspiration.
While most modern homes conceal their humble skeletons, the timberframe home honors the structure by displaying it for all to see. The elegant beauty of soaring wood timbers, each magnificently crafted to join with the next, suggests strength, safe haven, and permanence. Each home in Timberframe celebrates its wooden bones in its own way, from East Coast island traditional to Nebraska contemporary.
About the Author - Since 1974, Tedd Benson, owner of Benson Woodworking in Alstead Center, New Hampshire, has built more than 500 timberframe buildings. Benson Woodworking — a group of engineers, architects, and woodworkers — specializes in design, engineering, and construction of timberframe buildings. Benson's work has been featured on PBS's This Old House and in scores of magazine and newspaper articles. Benson is a founder of the Timber Framers Guild of North America and author of The Umber-Frame Home: Design, Construction, Finishing, published by The Taunton Press, and Building the Timber-Frame House, published by Charles Scribner's Sons.
Photos: Colour
Units of Measurement: Imperial
Contents
Foreword - Norm Abram
Prologue: The Art and Craft of the Timberframe
In
the Country
Prairie
Prospect - Nebraska
Home Spirit - Virginia
Craftsman's Way - Washington
England West - Colorado
Concord Barn - Massachusetts
Vaulted Dwelling - Massachusetts
Time Crafted - Massachusetts
Horse Haven - Maryland
On
the Water
Timber Bonded - Nantuket, Massachusetts
Light Hall - South Carolina
Island Sentinel - Nantuket, Massachusetts
World Apart - Connecticut
Tree House - New Hampshire
On Rocks - Connecticut
Glass Bunker - British Columbia
Bras d'Or Ark - Nova Scotia
In
the Mountains
High Plains Salvage - Montana
Mountain Manor - Montana
Western Chateau - Colorado
Chalet West - Montana
Snow Barn - Vermont
Sun Lodge - Colorado
Mining Hall - Colorado
In
Addition
Master's Wing - Massachusetts
Abundant Farm - New Hampshire
Trumpet Haven - South Carolina
Barn Anew - Massachusetts
Timber Sanctum - New Hampshire
Thatched Nest - England
Epilogue:
In the Past
Acknowledgments
Credits