Half-Timber Buildings Miltenberg

A very high concentration of these half-timber houses here in Miltenberg, Bavaria. The colored timber frame is erected and provides all the strength in the building. The white areas are then filled with straw and traditionally plastered both inside and out with mud - guess they'd use cement plaster now. Not a lot invested in plumb and level lines to the framing as some pics show. It just needed to stand securely...which interestingly, they do, despite what our "modern" specs call for. I wonder how many plumb and level buildings built in 2016 will be still standing in the year 2,600? And looking as good as these??Read more