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Title: Timberframe: The Art and Craft of the Post-And-Beam Home by Tedd Benson, Norm Abram, Jamie Salomon ISBN: 1-56158-281-6 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Beams! BEAMS!!
Comment: This book is full of stunning photographs of timber frame homes, accompanied by engaging text both technical and philosophical. The book is divided into locations, such as prairie, mountain, and coastal homes. Not a guide to building, this is more like the ultimate coffee-table book.

I don't know one thing about architecture or homebuilding, but I enjoyed this book for its striking photos of awesome homes.

Rating: 3
Summary: Beams and More Beams
Comment: If you love beams, and more beams, lots of braces, and complex joints; then this book is for you.

If you prefer a more minimalist approach I'd suggest: "The Timber-Frame Home, Design, Construction, Finishing" by the same author. In that book this author wrote: "...frame design should simplify and reduce whenever possible, The best frames are those with the most economical use of timbers and the least-complicated joinery." I was disappointed that this book ignored that concept.

Most of the houses in this book are above 3500 sq feet with roughly a third at 5000 and up. If you want to see the extremes to which timberframing can be taken, this is the book for you.

Rating: 3
Summary: Beams and more Beams
Comment: If you love beams, and more beams, lots of braces, and complex joints; then this book is for you.

If you prefer a more minimalist approach I'd suggest: "The Timber-Frame Home, Design, Construction, Finishing" by the same author. In that book this author wrote: "... frame design should simplify and reduce whenever possible, The best frames are those with the most economical use of timbers and the least-complicated joinery." I was disappointed that this book ignored that concept.

Most of the houses in this book are above 3500 sq feet with roughly a third at 5000 and up. If you want to see the extremes to which timberframing can be taken, this is the book for you.

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