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, ...

Airliners have looked largely the same for a long time now. The ongoing hunt for efficiency gains has seen the development of winglets, drag reducing films, and all manner of little aerodynamic tricks ...

Wood truss construction surged in popularity in the 1960s and ’70s, but back then most buildings that used metal-plate-connected wood trusses had flat ceilings. With today’s CAD and BIM technology, ...

The Golden Gate Bridge, the Eiffel Tower and your putting stroke. All three are improbable feats of man, all three required the meddling of great minds to reach their present appearance and now all ...

Roof framing has undergone a quiet revolution over the past half century. Trusses are gradually replacing the conventional rafters, to the point that nowadays more than 80 percent of new residential ...

The registration of the professional designation officially took place late last year, when the SAQA board registered 'certified timber roof truss designer' as an additional professional designation ...

truss — A framework of triangulated forms in which all loads are carried by compression or tension in each member of the frame. It is time for the fire service to make peace with an old nemesis: the ...

Corrections and clarifications: This story has been corrected to describe the pedestrian bridge as a truss design, despite its cosmetic appearance as a cable-stayed bridge. The central column and ...