Timber Design

<p><em>Timber Design</em> covers timber fundamentals for students and professional architects and engineers such as tension elements flexural elements shear and torsion compression elements connections and lateral design. As part of the <em>Architect’s Guidebooks to Structures </em>series it provides a comprehensive overview using both imperial and metric units of measurement. <em>Timber Design</em> begins with an intriguing case study and uses a range of examples and visual aids including more than 200 figures to illustrate key concepts. As a compact summary of fundamental ideas it is ideal for anyone needing a quick guide to timber design. </p>