Timber House Essay

Over the millennia, timber is a critical building material and been utilize for a wide range of utilization. Over 5000 years ago, first timber bridges were constructed traversing the river Nile (Gerold, 2001). Compared with other materials the naturally grown wood is a heterogeneous raw material. The timber industry is one of the biggest contributions to the China’s economy. According to Gyllentierna(2009), in Sweden, 15% multi-story apartment house only have timber frame and hall-style building just have 30% of timber frames. However, timber construction has a low market price in multi-story construction (Tykka et al.,2010). The declined in timber construction maybe because of the attitudes of professionals regarding wood which is architects and a structural engineer (Kozak and Cohen 1999, Bengtson 2003, Bregulla et al. 2003, O’Connor et al. 2004, Bayne and Taylor 2006, Bysheim and Nyrud 2009). These two professions play an important role in building construction. Status, norms, and self-image may give a huge influence on the intentions and behavior. Because of increments

People who are concerned about the specialty of timber always a keen insight into the local heritage and enable to create a contemporary Malaysia’s house that fulfills the needs of the urban house. Timber house is generally located in a rural area as well as environmentally friendly. However, it can be an interesting if and only if the timber itself comes from a decent quality and produce a superior design, for example, an old Chinese wooden house in Melaka Malaysia, Southeast Asia. A retired British couple was asked WHBC architects from Kuala Lumpur office to design a timber house in a typical Malaysian style. The house was built on a hilltop surrounded by rice paddies. This house on the Malaysian island of Langkawi was designed by WHBC Architects to be entirely constructed from reclaimed wood, including a framework made from old telegraph