求一段建筑方面的英语!Take the defining instance of a detail in this wi

求一段建筑方面的英语!
Take the defining instance of a detail in this windswept house,in which flitched metal supports slice into ovoid wood columns,then cross brace between uprights.Structural integrity—literally holding things down,not mere ornament—underlies the design of this singular joint and,for that matter,the entire house.