Sentences with phrase «timber building which»

The Cassowary Café is a timber building which consists of two wooden buildings with a wrap - around veranda.

Not exact matches

The basic idea of straw bale building is this: Instead of constructing houses from traditional materials, an efficient and environmentally friendly method can be employed in which straw bales finished with plaster and supported with timber or rebar frames serve as the walls of the house.

After the great fire of 1886, which destroyed 14 timber buildings, Calgarians started building in sandstone, which was fireproof, easily workable and readily available in the area.

«Farm operation» means the land and on - farm buildings, equipment, manure processing and handling facilities, and practices which contribute to the production, preparation and marketing of crops, livestock and livestock products as a commercial enterprise, including a «commercial horse boarding operation» as defined in subdivision thirteen of this section, a «timber operation» as defined in subdivision fourteen of this section, «compost, mulch or other biomass crops» as defined in subdivision sixteen of this section and «commercial equine operation» as defined by subdivision seventeen of this section.

The results so far have won over officials in Quebec in Canada, which last year raised the height limit to 12 stories for buildings using so - called mass timber.

As a result of # 2.8 million of construction work, the school's old buildings have been replaced with a single - storey insulated timber structure, which features modern heating, lighting and ventilation systems to ensure excellent energy efficiency.

Entertainment Just off the kitchen to the right in a zone of its own is the formal lounge room which measures around 7 meters by 7 meters with glass all around to bring in the views, with built in buffet cabinets and bench tops, a huge digital plasma TV with all the gadgets you require, solid timber furniture and comfortable leather chairs that you just sink into.

The Termerstoren is the symbol of the town which impresses with its many timber - framed buildings.

Here you can discover the traditional cobbled streets, passing a fine collection of medieval timber - framed buildings and Romanesque architecture in the Old Town, which was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 1994.

Sliding glass doors lead from the bedroom onto a timber deck, Which runs the full length of the front of the building and is furnished with a table and four high stools.

The buildings» materials comprise of timber, glass, and concrete, creating an open plan structure which is infused with light.

A history that began in the fourth century with a Roman fortress and settlement has bestowed a wealth of stunningly - preserved historic buildings upon Boppard from the remains of the original Roman city wall to the twelfth - century Church of St. Severus, notable for its twin spires and beautiful stained - glass windows, and to the many half - timbered houses which were built in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

The three interconnected buildings which form the museum's complex — whose shapes resemble those of giant sails — are all clad in timber and covered by a huge curved glass roof aimed to provide day - lighting to the galleries underneath it; an array of footbridges interconnects the three constructions.

It's a Forest (a title which refers to Venice being built on a multitude of timber stacks), the exhibition presents seven sculptural works and installations some of which Iwasaki specifically conceived for the 2017 Venice Biennial.

In the first gallery, a converted threshing barn with exposed beams and sandy brickwork, the artist has built her own timber lattice from cheerfully painted planks, which echoes the barn's architecture whilst standing independent of it, inhabiting the space in a provisional, makeshift sort of way (untitled: GIG [detail]-RRB-.

Wysing's Grade II Listed farmhouse, which was built in the early 17th century reputedly from timbers of ships salvaged from the sinking of the Spanish Armada in 1588, has hosted many hundreds of artists since the organisation was founded twenty five years ago.The farmhouse is where artists live, sleep and eat, and where together they discuss the works that they are developing during residencies and retreats.

Highlights include a circa - 1800 barn that was adaptively repurposed into a charming residence, the Eliphalet Sturges / George Hand Wright house, which was originally built in 1764 as a simple two - room farm house and extensively remodeled in the colonial revival style by the dean of Westport artists, George Hand Wright, in 1910; «Duck Haven,» a house and cottage on the Saugatuck River adjacent to the historic low - tide crossing point; the David Judah House, circa 1760, which has gone through a meticulous restoration by its owner, who preserved every nail, piece of timber and window; a circa 1840 Italianate house whose owners uncovered an original back staircase hidden by 20th century renovations; Westport's first one - room schoolhouse west of the Saugatuck River, which includes a large collection of signed prints by abstract artist Frank Stella; a reproduction saltbox circa 1966 designed and built by well - known architect George White, which won a Historic Preservation Award this year.

Cross-laminated timber and other innovative wood products have enabled the construction of tall wood buildings over 10 stories, which are starting to be deployed in several U.S. cities.

It's 18 storeys of modular cross-laminated timber construction, which might be a challenge when the Ontario Building Code limits wood to six storeys.

In heavy timber and cross-laminated timber buildings, (which I consider to be the future of wood construction) it has been shown that the wood actually protects itself; the char acts as an insulator.

That project is built on the premise that a commercial logger would have practiced «liquidation» logging — which involves harvesting available timber as soon as it's economically viable to do so.

This new award - winning two - building extension to a primary school in the south of Wales delivers healthy, ultra low energy school buildings — one of which is passive house certified — while pushing the boundaries of timber engineering.

Architect Jenny Wyness chose cross-laminated timber — a smart engineered timber product which turns dimensional lumber into strong, rigid, dimensionally stable structural timber panels — for the building's structure, alongside sustainably - sourced Scottish larch for the cladding, and corrugated galvanised steel roof sheeting, which is «a cheap, traditional roofing material in the area.»

1 Wire mesh in place to reinforce the concrete structural slab, below this is a DPM and 250 mm Filcor 45 under - slab insulation; 2 the houses were built with cross laminated timber panels which provide strength, reduced construction time, and can help in minimising thermal bridges; 3 windows are Rationel triple glazed units with Extoseal Encors tape for sealing to the CLT panels

They are also experimenting with acetylated timber (more on Accoya here on TreeHugger) and are even making their own Brettstapel, a technique of building up solid wood panels that are held together with dowels, and have given it a clever name which I hope they trademarked, Dowellam.

But what really caught my eye was their environmental statement which includes a great explanation of embodied energy, and why they build in timber.

The unit is built of our favorite material, Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), which is left visible inside.

Interestingly the architects chose to leave the wood unfinished.The St. Gerold website says «The timber used has not been treated and has been left to age which adds to the beauty of the building.

The timber - framed house was built in 1698 for George Hart, whose barrel - making business was thriving in Ipswich, 30 miles north of Boston, which at that time had one of the busiest ports in the country.

For years, glue - laminated beams have been allowed in construction, but now the committee, which has been meeting since 2016, is working to change the International Building Code to allow mass timber products to be used to build taller structures, Bland says.

As well as the Grade II * - listed main house, the estate also contains a converted timber barn, which is used as guest accommodation, three cottages and extensive equestrian and farm buildings.

A built - in desk and matching shelves create a sleek look, which is given warmth by the wall colour and mellow hues of the timber.

«We use water - based finishes and minimise timber waste by feeding it into our boiler to heat the building, which means we use almost no other heating at all.»