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Balloon frame

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(Carp.) a house frame constructed altogether of small timber.
etc. See under Balloon, Cant, etc.

See also: Balloon Frame



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My host was a serious American architect and the building looked real enough, but two inches into it I realised that this piece of Georgian pastiche that had found its way to (the other) Georgia was balloon frame, clad in polystyrene.
Peter cook: a thought-provoking meditation on the meaning of the ... by Cook, Peter / The Architectural Review
In the mid-1800s the invention of the balloon frame, held together with nails instead of complexjoints, virtually ended timber framing.
If walls could talk by Hubbs, Eric / Nursing Homes
These shafts hit their targets with pleasurable accuracy, and the comparison with the homespun effectiveness of architect-free balloon frame stick construction and truckable 'Park Homes' in the USA, Scandinavia and here in the UK is timely, and to the point.
Prefab potential by Mullin, Stephen / The Architectural Review
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