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Oh dear - eat my heart out - we don't have joiners capable of doing such a nice roof here in my bit of Tuscany! But it is horses for courses, and (where I am) using timber (rather than bricks) between the rafters doesn't happen - it's a tradition where there is timber available locally, and I suppose this means you get craftsmen accustomed to doing 'proper' joinery when they see wood. Rejoice (and use the same workmen for anything else involving wood). I don't understand why you are describing that internal timber lintel as 'Tuscan', and being nervous about it as 'untypical' for Liguria. I bet you can find many identical lintels in Liguria (only that most of the books about �������� interiors are written by Tuscany based people!) If you like that aesthetic (attractive IMO) I can see absolutely no reason why any architect should dissuade you from it on the basis of your region - and if you have just made this reluctance to use timber lintels yourself, then I think you are mistaken. Make a careful study of internal doors, and the way you hang them (whether they use a timber frame or not) because using timber lintels over 'conventionally' framed modern doors does look pretty daft. The mega trad way of hanging a door into masonry under a timber lintel is just about undraughtproofable - but if this isn't a consideratiion it is certainly (IMO) the best minimalist/trad solution.

Thanks for all the input! Yes the particular guys who did my roof are really top-notch. 

Thanks for all the input! Yes the particular guys who did my roof are really top-notch.