YOUR correspondent is indebted to readers for their interesting comments about last week’s column on timber-framed buildings.

在上周的木结构建筑专栏中，读者向我们的记者提了些有意思的问题。

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To achieve the large spans of glazing in the timber-framed building, the architects devised two cross-shaped buttresses.

为了实现玻璃在木结构建筑上的大跨度覆盖，建筑师设计了两种十字拱。

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The house comprises a compact timber-framed volume slotted beneath the pitched corrugated roof of the original building.

住宅包括了一个紧凑的木结构体量，位于原建筑的波纹屋顶下面。

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This part of rural Essex has one of the highest concentrations of surviving timber framed buildings - including my listed cottage.

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Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service chief officer John Bonney, current President of the Chief Fire Officers Association, attended the scene and issued a warning about the danger of timber framed buildings.

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He added that fire spread was a major concern at the incident, and that the Chief Fire Officers Association "was right to be increasingly concerned about the number and severity of fires in timber framed buildings under construction".

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