Building technique, construction method using heavy squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers.
1 We could do something like that here: a primitive hut, basically, with a post - and - beam frame.
2 The barn, sheds, and outbuildings were sturdy and painted, as was the wooden post - and - beam house with sliding doors.
3 Depending on the author, the primal shelter might be a tent or cave or a wooden post - and - beam hut with a gable roof.
4 I wasn't surprised when I saw that everyone in the office-includingCam and Greg-sattogether in one big post - and - beam space with hardwood flooring.
5 There was a certain poetic economy in post - and - beam framing, in the way it seemed to carry the "treeness" of lumber forward into a building.
6 " Post - and - beam construction," Andrew replied, missing completely that the question was rhetorical.
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