Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Truss

A rigid framework, as of wooden beams or metal bars, designed to support a structure, such as a roof

Types of truss include

• king post
• queen post
• hammer beam

See also Greek Architecture and American Buildings

Found in almost all western styles of architecture

See Vermont Timber Works: Trusses for drawings

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Examples from Buffalo architecture

• Illustration above: West Quaker Rd. , Orchard Park Larger size
  
  
• 189 Union St., Hamburg
  
  
• International Bridge
  
  
• King post - Richard A. Waite House
  
  
• Queen post - George L. Williams House
  
  
• Hammer beam ceiling - Unitarian Universalist Church
  
  
• Ceiling truss: Buffalo School of Culinary Arts
  
  
• Ceiling truss: Richardson Hotel