Traditional kuća from upper road
Rožaje, Montenegro
The kuća has a large number of windows on these facades visible from the road. The wooden reinforcing strips are continuous and provide support over the windows in the stone walls. The wooden reinforcing strips are normally created by setting face members on the interior and exterior surfaces that are connected by cross members mortised into the face members; this allows masonry work to interlock with the strips. The diagonal timber bracing in the upper walls stabilize the corners and allow large openings in these walls. (photo 1988)
