Architecture & Engineering
Taq and dhajji dewari timber-laced walls
medieval onwardKashmiri buildersKashmirKashmir
1200
Masonry laced with timber frames that flexes in earthquakes.
- Dated
- 1200–1757
- As scholars put it
- medieval onward
- Originator
- Kashmiri builders
- Source text
- Kashmir
- Region
- Kashmir
- Discipline
- Architecture & Engineering
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
Similar timber-lacing exists in Turkey and elsewhere.
Path to modern innovation
Studied after the 2005 earthquake.
References
- 1Langenbach studies
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