Wooden building - mokuzokenchiku (English spelling) wooden building

Japanese: 木造建築 - もくぞうけんちく（英語表記）wooden building

A building that uses wood for the main structural parts. Wood is readily available, easy to obtain, and easy to process, so wooden architecture is as old as the history of housing. It developed in lumber-rich regions such as Northern Europe, China, Korea, Southeast Asia, and Japan. In Japan, since Buddhist architecture was introduced from the continent during the Asuka and Nara periods, a unique architectural style was established, and the country has a long tradition of technology that continues to this day. Wood is widely used for housing because of its freedom of shape and processing and short construction time, but it has shortcomings in fire resistance and durability, and has been considered unsuitable for large-scale buildings in modern times. However, the development of laminated timber has opened up new possibilities for structural construction, and the warmth and familiarity of wooden buildings has been reevaluated, so wooden construction is becoming more and more popular in large-scale public buildings.

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Japanese:

主要構造部に木材を使った建物。木材は手近で得やすく，加工が容易なため，木造建築は住居の歴史とともに古い。北ヨーロッパ，中国，朝鮮，東南アジア，日本など材木の豊かな地域で発達した。日本では，飛鳥・奈良時代に大陸から仏教建築が伝来して以来，独自の建築様式を確立，今日にいたる長い技術の伝統をもっている。木材は造形，加工の自由さと工期の短さから，住宅用には広く用いられるが，耐火，耐久性に欠点があり，近代においては大規模建築に適さないとされてきた。しかし集成材の開発などによって新しい架構の可能性が開け，また木造建築のもつ暖かさ，親しみやすさが再評価されて，大規模な公共的な建築にも盛んに木造が用いられるようになりつつある。

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