Exhibit to Show Sixteenth Century Home Architecture

During the 16th century in England there was developed a type of home architecture which has been an inspiration for architects ancl home builders ever since.A very interesting collection of photographs of these homes rvas made by Benjamin B. Horner, Associate A.I.A., on a recent trip to England and will be exhibited until December first in the Architects' Building Material Exhibit, Los Angeles.

The collection includes many photographs of the half timbered houses which are found inall parts of England. These houses were first made with the roof resting on the ground and only a small opening in the thatching for a doorway. Later side walls were added, and still later the roof was raised uD on these walls. The timber work was an oak skeleton with the space in between the franrc.$lled in to make the walls. As there were no nails to b-€ffdd in those days the frames were joined and pegged., t''t,,

The oak used in these English cottages was all Se?ected and seasoned, with no regard to the amount of time "spent doing it. The bog oak was made by soaking the lumbe.r for 40 years, making it necessary for fathers to buy the lumber they expected their sons to use. Because of the great weight of the stone roofs used in some locations the timbers had to be unusually large. Mr. Horner reports having seen one oak beam 26 inches wide, 12 inches thick. and 25 leet long.