But farm buildings can be designed to stand up to it all.

This article was originally published with the title “ Rapid Plating, Timber Trusses, and more ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 168 No. 2 (February 1943), p. 86 doi:10.1038 ...

F.O.G. Architecture skimmed the building to expose its skeleton, featuring triangle-shaped timber roof trusses and a series of wooden columns. The resultant column field became the visual centre ...