Wooden structure with light roof covering [RWO1]

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Wooden beams or trusses and joists, supporting light roof covering, e.g. corrugated sheets. Also includes curved roof structures e.g. vaulted roofs.

RW01_New Zealand_ClarkW_1

Timber beams and joists supporting light roofing, New Zealand (W. Clark)

RW1_Cuba_Brzev_1

Wooden roof truss structure, Cuba (S. Brzev)

RW01_USA_Brzev_2

Wooden roof truss, California, USA (S. Brzev)

Wooden truss structure supporting wooden planks and steel sheet roofing, Chile (S. Brzev)

Wooden structure supporting wooden planks and steel sheet roofing, Chile (S. Brzev)

Wooden truss structure supporting light metal roofing, Chile (S. Brzev)

RW01_Indonesia_Bothara_1

Wooden roof structure supporting light metal roofing, Indonesia (J. Bothara)

Wooden beam and joist roof, Peru (S. Brzev)

RW01_Curico_Chile_MoroniM_1

A church with a vaulted wooden roof in Curico, Chile damaged in the 2010 Maule, Chile earthquake (M.O. Moroni)

RW01_Canada_Brzev_1

Curved wooden glulam beams supporting light metal roof covering, Canada (S. Brzev)

RW01_Canada_Brzev_2

RW01_Canada_Brzev_3

A roof structure consisting of steel decking supported by wooden glulam beams, Vancouver, Canada (S. Brzev)