<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">half-timber construction</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31372222</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:40:23</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">construction, half-timber</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">half timber construction</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">half timbered</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">half timbered construction</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">half timbering</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">half-timber</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">half-timbered</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">half-timbered construction</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">half-timbering</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ The vernacular building technique in which the spaces between the heavy supporting timbers are filled with brick, wattle and daub, or other material. The term is also used to describe buildings with a false-timber frame attached to the outside wall to give the appearance of half-timber construction. ]]></dc:description></metadata>