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Timber framing
Timber framing, also known as post and beam construction, is a building method in which heavy timbers joined by wooden joints such as the mortise and tenon form the structure.
Time history analysis
Time history analysis is a seismic analysis method that computes a structure's displacement, velocity, and acceleration at every time step under a recorded or simulated ground motion.
Tintagel Castle
Tintagel Castle is a medieval castle on Tintagel Island and the mainland on the north coast of Cornwall, built by Richard, Earl of Cornwall between 1230 and 1236.
Tintern Abbey
Tintern Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Tyndyrn) is a ruined Cistercian monastery on the River Wye in Monmouthshire, Wales, founded in 1131 and dissolved by Henry VIII in 1536.
Tipi
A tipi, also spelled teepee, is a conical tent of poles and hide or canvas used as a dwelling by Indigenous peoples of the North American Great Plains.
Tipón
Tipón is an Inca archaeological park in the Huatanay River valley southeast of Cusco, Peru, whose canals, aqueducts, fountains, and terraces still carry water today.
Tirana's Rock
Tirana's Rock, also called the Skanderbeg Building, is an 85-meter mixed-use high-rise in Tirana, Albania, designed by MVRDV, whose curved balconies sculpt the head of national hero Skanderbeg.
Tishrin Dam (سد تشرين)
Tishrin Dam, also spelled Tishreen (سد تشرين), is a hydroelectric dam on the Euphrates River in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, completed in 1999 with a capacity of 630 MW.
Tithe barn
A tithe barn is a large medieval barn for storing the tithe, a tenth of farm produce paid to the church; up to 200 survive in England.
Tittenhurst Park
Tittenhurst Park, also known as Titness Park, is a Georgian country house near Ascot, Berkshire, best known as John Lennon and Yoko Ono's home from 1969 to 1973.
Tocks Island Dam controversy
The Tocks Island Dam controversy was a two-decade dispute over a proposed Army Corps dam on the Delaware River that ended in 1976 with the project shelved.
Tōdai-ji (東大寺)
Tōdai-ji (東大寺), or Todai Temple, is a Buddhist temple complex in Nara, Japan, founded in the eighth century and known for its colossal bronze Great Buddha, consecrated in 752.
Toilet
A toilet is a sanitary fixture that receives human excreta and removes it by flushing water or other means, with flush toilets dominant in sewered buildings.
Toilets in Japan
Toilets in Japan, or Japanese toilets, range from traditional squat styles to seated toilets with electronic warm-water bidet seats, a market led by the firm TOTO since 1980.
Tokuyama Dam
Tokuyama Dam (徳山ダム) is a rockfill dam on the Ibi River in Ibigawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. At 161 m high, it has the largest reservoir capacity and dam body volume of any dam in Japan.
Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line
The Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line (東京湾アクアライン) is a 15.1 km toll road across Tokyo Bay linking Kawasaki and Kisarazu, combining a 9.6 km undersea tunnel with a bridge, opened in 1997.
Toledo Bend Reservoir
Toledo Bend Reservoir is an impoundment of the Sabine River on the Texas–Louisiana border, formed by a dam completed in 1969 and used for water supply, hydroelectric power, and recreation.
Toledo Cathedral
Toledo Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo, is Spain's Primate Gothic cathedral in Toledo, begun in 1226 under Ferdinand III and completed in 1493.
Toll bridge
A toll bridge is a bridge whose users pay a fee to cross, typically to repay construction costs, with tolls often removed once the debt is paid.
Toll Brothers
Toll Brothers, founded in 1967 by brothers Bob and Bruce Toll, is a Fortune 500 home builder headquartered in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, focused on luxury homes and master-planned communities.
Tomb of the Dancers
The Tomb of the Dancers, known in Korean as Muyongchong, is a fifth-century Goguryeo mural tomb at Ji'an, Jilin province, China, named for a wall painting of dancers.
Tomis (river)
Tomis (river), the ancient name of the Bahr Yusuf (Bahr Yousef), Egypt's meandering Nile side-channel from Dayrut to the Fayum and Lake Qarun; a 313 km irrigation canal serving four governorates with about 5 billion m³ of Nile water yearly.
Tongdosa
Tongdosa (통도사) is a Buddhist temple at the foot of Yeongchuksan in Yangsan, South Korea, founded in 646 CE by the monk Jajang Yulsa to enshrine relics of the Buddha.
Tongue and groove
Tongue and groove (T&G) is a woodworking joint in which a tongue on one board edge fits into a matching groove on another, used in flooring and paneling.
Top-down cut-and-cover construction
Top-down cut-and-cover construction, known in the industry as the Milan method, builds an underground box from the top down: walls and columns first, then the roof, then excavation beneath it.
Topkapı Palace
Topkapı Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), known as the New Palace until the 19th century, was the Ottoman sultans' Istanbul residence and administrative center from shortly after 1453 until 1856.
Topping out
Topping out, also called topping off, is the builders' rite marking a building's final beam at its highest point, a tradition traced to Scandinavia over 1,300 years ago.
Torii (鳥居)
A torii (鳥居) is a traditional Japanese gate, usually of two posts and horizontal beams, marking the entrance to a Shinto shrine and the boundary of sacred ground.
Toronto City Hall
Toronto City Hall, the modernist municipal complex at 100 Queen Street West designed by Viljo Revell after a 1958 international competition with over 500 entries, opened September 13, 1965, with two curved towers framing a domed council chamber facing Nathan Phillips Square.
Torre de Cristal
Torre de Cristal, Spanish for Glass Tower, is a 249-meter office skyscraper in Madrid designed by César Pelli, the tallest building in Spain, in the Cuatro Torres Business Area.