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<blank" >target="_blank" >figure class="wp-block-image size-large">A system of glossary/timber-framing/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="fa3c014ee9e088f9cfc49f2b2eb500e3" target="_blank" >timber framing incorporating the major components of heavy timber framing at corners as well as the tops and bottoms of walls but depending on long diagonal-bracing/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="39bff36179bcaff91a648f847ee4203d" target="_blank" >diagonal braces at the outside corners for lateral-stability/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="a0b96504327e541ded52e2c3cc92eb6f" target="_blank" >lateral stability. Knee braces are eliminated and lighter weight studs are used approximately two feet on ceiling-medallion/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="557374c3eebbede5d82414433d1f21e7" target="_blank" >center as intermediary structural supports. 2. A structural frame of linear members made rigid by a system of diagonal members. Photo from the Observatory, Portland, Maine, 2021. (Baker, 1994)
