The method comes from working directly from logs and trees rather than pre-cut dimensional lumber. The country most known for this kind of architecture is Germany, where timber-framed houses are spread all over the country.

If the structural frame of load-bearing timber is left exposed on the exterior of the building it may be referred to as half-timbered, and in many cases the infill between timbers will be used for decorative effect.

Timber framing ( Holzfachwerk) and 'post-and-beam' construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs. The market square of Dornstetten, Germany, showing an ensemble of half-timbered buildings Rue du Gros-Horloge in Rouen, France, a city renowned for its half-timbered buildings Lemgo, Germany, downtown

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