Constructing timber architecture : merging the skills of architect, carpenter and masonry workers

• Main Authors: Said, Ismail, Desa, Abdul Malek, Syed Ariffin, Syed Ahmad lskandar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Built Environment, UTM 2008
• Subjects: TH Building construction; NA Architecture
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/8271/1/IsmailSaid2008_ConstructingTimberArchitectureMergingTheSkills.PDF; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/8271/; http://www.fab.utm.my/download/ConferenceSemiar/JAB2008Jld12No3AR05.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Carpentry skill in constructing timber architecture is fast vanishing in Malaysian building industry. As such mass housing schemes are dominated by masonry architecture, leaving the skills of working with timber only to construct the roof frames and doorways. High cost of timber relative to masonry...