Hand Hewn: The Traditions, Tools, and Enduring Beauty of Timber Framing

Author:   Jack A. Sobon
Publisher:   Workman Publishing
ISBN:  

9781635860009


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   15 October 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jack A. Sobon
Publisher:   Workman Publishing
Imprint:   Storey Publishing LLC
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 29.60cm
Weight:   1.360kg
ISBN:  

9781635860009


ISBN 10:   1635860008
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   15 October 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Drawing on 7,000 years of tradition, Sobon, an architect who specializes in timber-frame buildings, showcases timber-framed porches, rooms, barns, and houses - all built without hammering a single nail. -- Publishers Weekly Sobon has spent his career turning trees into magnificent structural frameworks for buildings that satisfy our yearning for real strength, warmth, and honesty. -- Max Jacobson, architect and coauthor of A Pattern Language and Patterns of Home Hand Hewn is an invitation -- through gorgeous photographs, clear drawings, and enticing text -- to follow the passion and experience of a visionary master craftsman, historian, and poet whose work and philosophy are sure to inspire you. -- Philippe Petit, high wire artist and author of Man on Wire An essential book for every builder -- of anything -- revealing the world of timber framing from a true master craftsman. -- Will Beemer, author of Learn to Timber Frame and director of the Heartwood School for the Homebuilding Crafts


Drawing on 7,000 years of tradition, Sobon, an architect who specializes in timber-frame buildings, showcases timber-framed porches, rooms, barns, and houses - all built without hammering a single nail. -- Publishers Weekly Sobon has spent his career turning trees into magnificent structural frameworks for buildings that satisfy our yearning for real strength, warmth, and honesty. -- Max Jacobson, architect and coauthor of A Pattern Language and Patterns of Home Hand Hewn is an invitation -- through gorgeous photographs, clear drawings, and enticing text -- to follow the passion and experience of a visionary master craftsman, historian, and poet whose work and philosophy are sure to inspire you. -- Philippe Petit, high wire artist and author of Man on Wire An essential book for every builder -- of anything -- revealing the world of timber framing from a true master craftsman. -- Will Beemer, author of Learn to Timber Frame and director of the Heartwood School for the Homebuilding Crafts


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Jack A. Sobon is an architect and builder specializing in timber-framed buildings. A founding director of the Timber Framer’s Guild of North America and founder of the Traditional Timber Frame Research and Advisory Group, Sobon has devoted his 38-year career to understanding the craft of timber framing. Using only traditional hand tools, he has framed and erected over 50 structures. He is the author of Build a Classic Timber-Framed House and coauthor of Timber Frame Construction. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Sobon teaches and consults nationally on traditional building structures and timber-framing techniques.

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