Similarly, in bridge construction, slender-branched load-bearing elements enables aesthetically pleasing and resource-saving constructions that perform very effectively in load distribution. The ...

“We’ve been studying structure-function relationships in sponge skeletal systems for more than 20 years, and these species continue to surprise us,” says study author James Weaver.

All structural timber had to be cloven, anyone found using sawn timber in a load bearing structural application was flogged and made to burn the aforesaid timber.