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A truss-like brace assembly for a wall of a building has a peripheral frame defined by a pair of stiles, a top member and a bottom member, where diagonal braces and horizontal cross-braces triangulate the frame. The brace assembly is close fit in a cavity in the wall (10, 110) and the stiles, top me

A truss-like brace assembly for a wall of a building has a peripheral frame defined by a pair of stiles, a top member and a bottom member, where diagonal braces and horizontal cross-braces triangulate the frame. The brace assembly is close fit in a cavity in the wall (10, 110) and the stiles, top member and bottom member are fixed to the adjacent studs, top wall plate and bottom plate to provide structural bracing in the longitudinal plane of the wall.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A truss-like brace assembly for a building wall including:a peripheral frame having a pair of substantially vertical stiles interconnected by a top member and a bottom member;a plurality of substantially horizontal cross-braces interconnecting the vertical stiles spaced b

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A truss-like brace assembly for a building wall including:a peripheral frame having a pair of substantially vertical stiles interconnected by a top member and a bottom member;a plurality of substantially horizontal cross-braces interconnecting the vertical stiles spaced between the top member and the bottom member;a plurality of diagonal braces, wherein a diagonal brace bisects each space in the peripheral frame defined by the vertical stiles and an adjacent pair of horizontal cross-braces;the peripheral frame cross-braces and diagonal braces are an integral unit, welded together and are of C, L, RHS or SHS-metal section; andthe stiles being fixable to respective studs in an adjacent pair of studs in the wall to provide structural bracing to the wall in a longitudinal plane thereof to withstand cyclonic wind speeds.