— A framework of triangulated forms in which all loads are carried by compression or tension in each member of the frame. With apologies to the legacy of the late, great Professor Frank Brannigan, do ...

The problems resulting from building deflection have likely troubled builders since the very first multistory building. Deflection is the bending of joists, trusses or rafters associated with ...

Exposed trusses are exceptional architectural elements, at once structural -- they hold up the roof -- while modulating a space to give it scale and rhythm. But with the many truss types out there, ...