Timber Pavilion

This week I'm looking at timber pavilions.  Well, it's actually one pavilion multiple times, 5 to be exact.  This frame is going to be located in New Jersey and is going to have a canvas roof over top.  This is the third structure I've done in the last couple of months with a canvas roof covering it.  Canvas roofs seem to be a unique challenge.  On these couple of projects there hasn't been a lot on information on the roof system and how it's attached.  There are a lot of assumptions made on how the canvas with behave in rain, high winds, and snow if it is accidentally left up.  So, to keep it short, I have a lot of load cases in my design software to analysis the different loading scenarios.

For more ideas on pavilions and other structures visit Vermont Timber Works.