Japanese Timber Construction (EN)

Walls look simple on the surface, but inside,wood-frame wallsandLGS (light gauge steel) wallsused in commercial interior...

A traditional Japanese wood-frame floor may look simple on the surface,but underneath the flooring it is built fromthree...

To understand wood-frame construction, you only need to start withthree basic structural elements:posts, sills, and beam...

Foundations, Sill Plates, and Pile SystemsTraditional Japanese timber construction (Zairai-Kōhō) is based on a framework...

Traditional Japanese wooden construction—known as thepost-and-beam method (Zairai Kōhō)—is built using three main struct...

The Japanese “Zairai” timber construction method is a traditional post-and-beam system that uses vertical posts, horizon...