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Jul 17, 2010 00:52
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English term

box frame construction

English to Spanish Tech/Engineering Architecture
re-built after the fire of substantial box frame construction,
once incorporating the interior courtyard.

Talking about an old building. I think box frame construction is a building technique...? I don't understand the sense of what follows, once incorporating....?

some light please?
Proposed translations (Spanish)
2 Construcción con entramado de madera

Discussion

Christine Walsh Jul 17, 2010:
In case it helps http://www.arqhys.com/contenidos/madera-construccion.html
claudia16 (X) (asker) Jul 17, 2010:
That is the whole sentence! the XXX hotel, re-built after the fire of substantial box frame construction, once incorporating interior courtyards.
mediamatrix (X) Jul 17, 2010:
once incorporating... ... probably refers not to 'box frame construction' but to whatever went before 're-built after the fire'. It would (errr... might) help if you posted the entire sentence so we can see how the phrases fit together.
claudia16 (X) (asker) Jul 17, 2010:
Thanks for the link It' in the UK.
I have actually found a definition for before the age of concrete which this would be.

"Box Frame - a timber frame in which the roof trusses are carried by posts and wall plates, a direct contrast to cruck construction."
What I haven't found is the Spanish translation!
Christine Walsh Jul 17, 2010:
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/76314/box-frame-co...
Christine Walsh Jul 17, 2010:
Is it in the US? sounds like a wooden construction. The courtyard may have been a stable yard or something like that.
claudia16 (X) (asker) Jul 17, 2010:
thank you Christine Currently it's a hotel but at one time had been a green grocer's, an ironmonger's, a fishmonger's and a bank (!) it's an OLD building :)
Christine Walsh Jul 17, 2010:
A glimmer I guess the previous building had at some stage included the courtyard, possibly some time before the fire. This type of space quite often gets used for other functions. Was it some kind of commercial building?

Proposed translations

2 hrs

Construcción con entramado de madera

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'Box frame' seems to have a similar meaning to 'timber-framed', and you say it's an old building. Have a look at the links. There's a very old department store in London that looks something like what I imagine this to have been, but I'm not sure of the name. Could it be Liberty's? If it was transformed into a hotel they probably kept (or imitated) this style.


http://www.thamehistory.net/topics/TimberFrames.htm

timber-framed / "tImb@r"freImd / adj con entramado de madera (Oxford Spanish Dictionary)

http://www.wantage.com/museum/Local_History/Timber Framed Bu...


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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-07-17 03:27:37 GMT)
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This link makes me feel a little more certain!

http://www.lasmerindades.com/otros/arqui/CAPÍTULO 4 - Aparta...
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