Basically, I would describe a new half-timbered house (FWH) as "nostalgic." Half-timbered construction was a structural expression of an era, aiming to build as efficiently as possible with the materials and construction possibilities of that time. Today, an FWH is no longer contemporary; it also has numerous disadvantages: a high joint ratio in the facade, lack of wind and driving rain resistance, high demands on structural wood protection, etc. The requirements of the Energy Saving Ordinance for building insulation cannot be met with conventional half-timbered construction. Clay has a very poor thermal insulation value, comparable to concrete.
Suppliers of new half-timbered buildings can only construct the half-timbered structure as a cladding, possibly still load-bearing, placed in front of the actual house. Behind it is usually a ventilated and insulated masonry construction. This can be seen, for example, in your photo as aerated concrete masonry, without additional insulation and without a ventilation layer. The half-timbering is purely aesthetic.
The contemporary development of half-timbered construction is the timber skeleton or timber frame construction, which can also be completely prefabricated as timber panel construction and erected on-site within a few days, wind- and weather-tight. If you are interested in the material wood, this would be your construction of choice. The interior finishing is usually done as drywall ("Rigips"). Overall, the entire construction has the advantage that virtually no water is introduced to the construction site, as is usual with concrete, masonry, or plaster work. Building drying times and moisture exposure are largely eliminated. Only a cement or CaF flowing screed might be installed.
