Summary

The building technique of light wooden framing, i.e., woodframe, represents a great innovative goal of construction, due to the very efficient levelsof rationalization of material, operational flexibility and productive agility. In addition, excessive use of natural materials of renewable character inthe woodframes, as the wood of planted forests, contributes to sustainability, a desired factor in most modern homes. In recent years, LatinAmerican countries have suffered from the constant housing deficit, which destroys the possibilities of the first property by the neediestpopulations. Therefore, it is necessary to propagate studies, research and information on industrialized housing construction techniques, such aswoodframe. This study focused on the exhibition by a state of the art of this innovative wooden housing typology, emphasizing its advantages,importance, types, and its current panorama in the regions in development stage, such as Latin American countries. Currently, the woodframe isknown as a modern wooden residential technique, and it is conquering the public of all kind of economic classes, because of its innovation,lightness, competitive costs, and also by the efficient levels of sustainability, cleanness, assembly time, and rationalization of raw materials.