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UK: no use of wood frame buildings to my knowledge, all new construction of apartment style housing seems to be concrete floor plate with steel skeleton and con
by keithpeter 10y ago
UK: no use of wood frame buildings to my knowledge, all new construction of apartment style housing seems to be concrete floor plate with steel skeleton and concrete central utility/fire exit 'cores'.
Styles can still be very boring and samey though. You can almost see the catalogue numbers on the photos.
- nraynaud 10y agoyes, it's incredible how modern buildings in the US ans Europe look the same while their construction is so different. Also, why do we have the same taste in multi-units buildings appearance, while our individual houses keep looking very different?
- arethuza 10y agoWood frame houses can be found in the UK, although they are fairly rare and usually pretty expensive. As for the styles of modern homes - blame the "volume housebuilders", it's like complaining that all Fords look the same.
- nemo44x 10y agoMany of the old listed homes are in fact wood frames. My wife's parents have a home with parts built in the 1400's! Extensions were added on over the years (and they were able to add on their own tasteful extension) but the wood supports and frame are obvious as they show. And they're beautiful, massive pieces of wood that have supported the structure for hundreds of years and will for hundreds more. However, it would be impractical to use those techniques today.
- arethuza 10y agoOf course, I'd forgotten about old houses! I guess that wooden frame style is what "mock Tudor" is imitating.