This article is about the remains of the medieval timber-framed houses of Maastricht. These wooden houses have gradually disappeared because of the city's fire regulations. Nevertheless, some still remain (partly) and have been investigated in order to give an overview. Research has not yet clarified the early period of timber-framed houses in Maastricht. The only remaining examples date from the beginning of the fifteenth century. By that time the wooden constructions were already in a fully developed stage. The skeleton was placed on a stone cellar and socle and could sometimes even be over 20 meters high. All floors were separately formed out of posts and sill beams which led to a geometric construction of frames. Interties and braces...
In the beginning of the Dutch war of independence (1568-1648) it was particularly the countryside th...
In Flanders, large-scale exploitation of the landscape was initiated in the tenth century by abbeys ...
Schreierstoren is one of the few remains of the late-medieval encircling walls of Amsterdam. Moreove...
This article is about the remains of the medieval timber-framed houses of Maastricht. These wooden h...
Among the many large town fires in the 16th century the fire of Delft in 1536 was the most extensive...
Huis Henegouwen, later called Fortuijn, gave its name to the street on which it is situated, one of ...
In 1452, approximately three-quarters of Amsterdam was destroyed by fire. Despite attempts by the ci...
For building historians the shed of the former Cistercian monastery Ter Doest, founded in 1174, has ...
As ‘lids’ on monuments, timber roofs are particularly sensitive to what took place in the surroundin...
Mansard roofs get only an occasional mention in modern Dutch works on the history of building constr...
This article provides an insight into private building practice around 1800 in the shrinking cities ...
This article concentrates on the oldest stone churches in the former county of Holland. The oldest e...
This article provides an insight into private building practice around 1800 in the shrinking cities ...
In this article the 17th-century modernisation of the town hall of ' s -Hertogenbosch is explored. T...
Maarsbergen castle is one of the few large houses in the range of hills called 'Utrechtse Heuvelrug'...
In the beginning of the Dutch war of independence (1568-1648) it was particularly the countryside th...
In Flanders, large-scale exploitation of the landscape was initiated in the tenth century by abbeys ...
Schreierstoren is one of the few remains of the late-medieval encircling walls of Amsterdam. Moreove...
This article is about the remains of the medieval timber-framed houses of Maastricht. These wooden h...
Among the many large town fires in the 16th century the fire of Delft in 1536 was the most extensive...
Huis Henegouwen, later called Fortuijn, gave its name to the street on which it is situated, one of ...
In 1452, approximately three-quarters of Amsterdam was destroyed by fire. Despite attempts by the ci...
For building historians the shed of the former Cistercian monastery Ter Doest, founded in 1174, has ...
As ‘lids’ on monuments, timber roofs are particularly sensitive to what took place in the surroundin...
Mansard roofs get only an occasional mention in modern Dutch works on the history of building constr...
This article provides an insight into private building practice around 1800 in the shrinking cities ...
This article concentrates on the oldest stone churches in the former county of Holland. The oldest e...
This article provides an insight into private building practice around 1800 in the shrinking cities ...
In this article the 17th-century modernisation of the town hall of ' s -Hertogenbosch is explored. T...
Maarsbergen castle is one of the few large houses in the range of hills called 'Utrechtse Heuvelrug'...
In the beginning of the Dutch war of independence (1568-1648) it was particularly the countryside th...
In Flanders, large-scale exploitation of the landscape was initiated in the tenth century by abbeys ...
Schreierstoren is one of the few remains of the late-medieval encircling walls of Amsterdam. Moreove...