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A building frame module comprises first and second parallelogram-collapsible frame sections. Each frame section comprises: a plurality of elongate, rigid first frame members; and a plurality of elongate, rigid second frame members. Each second frame member is single-axis pivotally coupled at spaced

A building frame module comprises first and second parallelogram-collapsible frame sections. Each frame section comprises: a plurality of elongate, rigid first frame members; and a plurality of elongate, rigid second frame members. Each second frame member is single-axis pivotally coupled at spaced apart locations to at least two of the plurality of first frame members and each first frame member is correspondingly coupled to at least two second frame members. The building frame module also comprises a plurality of elongate, rigid cross-link members. Each cross-link member links a second frame member of the first frame section to a second frame member of the second frame section. Each cross-link member is single-axis pivotally coupled to each second frame member that it links for relative pivotal movement therebetween. Each coupling between a cross-link and a corresponding second frame member permits pivotal movement about an axis parallel to the plane in which the corresponding frame section (which includes the second frame member) is parallelogram-collapsible.

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1. A building frame module comprising: first and second parallelogram-collapsible frame sections, each frame section comprising:a plurality of elongate, rigid first frame members; anda plurality of elongate, rigid second frame members, each second frame member single-axis pivotally coupled at spaced

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A building frame module comprising: first and second parallelogram-collapsible frame sections, each frame section comprising:a plurality of elongate, rigid first frame members; anda plurality of elongate, rigid second frame members, each second frame member single-axis pivotally coupled at spaced apart locations to at least two of the plurality of first frame members and each first frame member correspondingly coupled to at least two second frame members; anda plurality of elongate, rigid cross-link members, each cross-link member linking a second frame member of the first frame section to a second frame member of the second frame section and single-axis pivotally coupled to each second frame member that it links for relative pivotal movement between the cross-link member and each second frame member that it links, each single-axis pivotal coupling between a cross-link member and a second frame member pivotal about an axis parallel to a plane in which the corresponding frame section is parallelogram-collapsible;wherein the first and second parallelogram-collapsible frame sections and the plurality of cross-link members are configurable, by manipulation of a plurality of single-axis pivotal couplings between each plurality of second frame members and each plurality of first frame members and by manipulation of a plurality of single-axis pivotal couplings between the plurality of cross-link members and the first and second parallelogram-collapsible frame sections to define a parallelepiped-shaped building frame module whose interior is substantially free of frame components;each second frame member of the first frame section comprising: a first internal second frame component located on a side of the first frame members of the first frame section that is proximate to the second frame section and a first external second frame component located on a side of the first frame members of the first frame section that is distal from the second frame section;each second frame member of the second frame section comprising: a second internal second frame component located on a side of the first frame members of the second frame section that is proximate to the first frame section and a second external second frame component located on a side of the first frame members of the second frame section that is distal from the first frame section;wherein the single-axis pivotal couplings between the first frame members and the second frame members of the first frame section each comprise a first pivotal coupling between a corresponding first frame member of the first frame section, a corresponding first internal second frame component and a corresponding first external second frame component for pivotal movement of the corresponding first internal second frame component and the corresponding first external second frame component together relative to the corresponding first frame member of the first frame section; andwherein the single-axis pivotal couplings between the first frame members and the second frame members of the second frame section each comprise a second pivotal coupling between a corresponding first frame member of the second frame section, a corresponding second internal second frame component and a corresponding second external second frame component for pivotal movement of the corresponding second internal second frame component and the corresponding second external second frame component together relative to the corresponding first frame member of the second frame section. 2. The building frame module of claim 1 wherein the cross-link members are coupled for pivotal movement about axes perpendicular to elongate dimensions of the second frame members independent of orientation of the second frame members relative to the first frame members. 3. The building frame module of claim 1 wherein the cross-link members are coupled for pivotal movement in a plane parallel to a plane that includes the second frame members it links independent of orientation of the second frame members relative to the first frame members. 4. The building frame module of claim 1 wherein the single-axis pivotal couplings between cross-link members and the second frame members of the first frame section are made between the cross-link members and the first internal second frame components and wherein the single-axis pivotal couplings between the cross-link members and the second frame members of the second frame section are made between the cross-link members and the second internal second frame components. 5. The building frame of claim 1 wherein for each frame section, at least one first frame member comprises a steel tube, a bore of the steel tube fillable with concrete. 6. The building frame of claim 1 wherein at least one cross-link member comprises a steel tube, a bore of the steel tube fillable with concrete. 7. A building frame module comprising: first and second frame sections, each frame section comprising: a plurality of elongate, rigid first frame members; anda plurality of elongate, rigid second frame members, each second frame member single-axis pivotally coupled at spaced apart locations to at least two of the plurality of first frame members and each first frame member correspondingly coupled to at least two second frame members;wherein for a pair of first frame members linking two second frame members, a separation between the pivotal couplings on each second frame member of the two second frame members is the same as a separation between the pivotal couplings on the other second frame member of the two second frame members and a separation between pivotal couplings on each first frame member of the pair of first frame members is the same as a separation between the pivotal couplings on the other first frame member of the pair of first frame members; anda plurality of elongate, rigid cross-link members, each single-axis pivotally coupling a second frame member of the first frame section to a second frame member of the second frame section for relative pivotal movement between the cross-link member and each second frame member about an axis parallel to the first frame section;wherein the first and second frame sections and the plurality of cross-link members are configurable, by manipulation of a plurality of single-axis pivotal couplings between each plurality of second frame members and each plurality of first frame members and by manipulation of a plurality of single-axis pivotal couplings between the plurality of cross-link members and the first and second frame sections to define a parallelepiped-shaped building frame module whose interior is substantially free of frame components;each second frame member in the first frame section comprising: a first internal second frame component located on a side of the first frame members of the first frame section that is proximate to the second frame section and a first external second frame component located on a side of the first frame members of the first frame section that is distal from the second frame section;each second frame member in the second frame section comprising: a second internal second frame component located on a side of the first frame members of the second frame section that is proximate to the first frame section and a second external second frame component located on a side of the first frame members of the second frame section that is distal from the first frame section;wherein the single-axis pivotal couplings between the first frame members and the second frame members of the first frame section each comprise a first pivotal coupling between a corresponding first frame member of the first frame section, a corresponding first internal second frame component and a corresponding first external second frame component for pivotal movement of the corresponding first internal second frame component and the corresponding first external second frame component together relative to the corresponding first frame member of the first frame section; andwherein the single-axis pivotal couplings between the first frame members and the second frame members of the second frame section each comprise a second pivotal coupling between a corresponding first frame member of the second frame section, a corresponding second internal second frame component and a corresponding second external second frame component for pivotal movement of the corresponding second internal second frame component and the corresponding second external second frame component together relative to the corresponding first frame member of the second frame section. 8. A building frame module according to claim 7 wherein the first frame section is moveable in a first plane by relative movement about the pivotal couplings between the first frame members and the second frame members of the first frame section without pivotal movement of the pivotal couplings between the cross-link members and the second frame members of the first frame section and the second frame section is moveable in a second plane by relative movement about the pivotal couplings between the first frame members and the second frame members of second frame section without pivotal movement of the pivotal couplings between the cross-link members and the second frame members of the second frame section. 9. A building frame module according to claim 7 wherein the cross-link members are coupled for pivotal movement about axes perpendicular to elongate dimensions of the second frame members independent of orientation of the second frame members relative to the first frame members. 10. The building frame module of claim 7 wherein the cross-link members are coupled for pivotal movement in a plane parallel to a plane that includes the second frame members it links independent of orientation of the second frame members relative to the first frame members. 11. The building frame module of claim 7 wherein the plurality of cross-link members comprises four cross-link members, wherein two cross-link members are pivotally coupled to each second frame member of each of the first and second frame sections. 12. The building frame module of claim 7 comprising a third frame section and comprising a second plurality of elongate, rigid cross-link members each single-axis pivotally coupling a second frame member of the second frame section to a second frame member of the third frame section for relative pivotal movement between the cross-link member and each second frame member about an axis parallel to the second frame section. 13. A building frame module comprising: first and second parallelogram-collapsible frame sections, each frame section comprising: a plurality of at least three elongate, rigid first frame members; anda plurality of at least three elongate, rigid second frame members, each second frame member single-axis pivotally coupled at spaced apart locations to the plurality of first frame members and each first frame member correspondingly coupled to the second frame members;wherein for each first frame member linking two second frame members, a separation between the pivotal couplings on the first frame member is the same as a separation between the pivotal couplings on the other first frame members and a separation between pivotal couplings on each of the two second frame members is the same as a separation between the pivotal couplings on the other second frame members; anda plurality of elongate, rigid cross-link members single-axis pivotally coupling each second frame member members of the first frame section to corresponding second frame members of the second frame section for relative pivotal movement between the each cross-link members member and each the second frame member members to which the cross-link member is coupled about axes parallel to the first frame section;wherein the first and second frame sections and the plurality of cross-link members are configurable, by manipulation of a plurality of single-axis pivotal couplings between each plurality of second frame members and each plurality of first frame members and by manipulation of a plurality of single-axis pivotal couplings between the plurality of cross-link members and the first and second frame sections to define a parallelepiped-shaped building frame module whose interior is substantially free of frame components;each second frame member in the first frame section comprising: a first internal second frame component located on a side of the first frame members of the first frame section that is proximate to the second frame section and a first external second frame component located on a side of the first frame members of the first frame section that is distal from the second frame section;each second frame member in the second frame section comprising: a second internal second frame component located on a side of the first frame members of the second frame section that is proximate to the first frame section and a second external second frame component located on a side of the first frame members of the second frame section that is distal from the first frame section;wherein the single-axis pivotal couplings between the first frame members and the second frame members of the first frame section each comprise a first pivotal coupling between a corresponding first frame member of the first frame section, a corresponding first internal second frame component and a corresponding first external second frame component for pivotal movement of the corresponding first internal second frame component and the corresponding first external second frame component together relative to the corresponding first frame member of the first frame section; andwherein the single-axis pivotal couplings between the first frame members and the second frame members of the second frame section each comprise a second pivotal coupling between a corresponding first frame member of the second frame section, a corresponding second internal second frame component and a corresponding second external second frame component for pivotal movement of the corresponding second internal second frame component and the corresponding second external second frame component together relative to the corresponding first frame member of the second frame section. 14. A building frame module according to claim 13 wherein the first frame section is moveable in a first plane by relative movement about the pivotal couplings between the first frame members and the second frame members of the first frame section without pivotal movement of the pivotal couplings between the cross-link members and the second frame members of the first frame section and the second frame section is moveable in a second plane by relative movement about the pivotal couplings between the first frame members and the second frame members of the second frame section without pivotal movement of the pivotal couplings between the cross-link members and the second frame members of the second frame section. 15. A building frame module according to claim 13 wherein the cross-link members are coupled for pivotal movement about axes perpendicular to elongate dimensions of the second frame members independent of orientation of the second frame members relative to the first frame members. 16. The building frame module of claim 13 wherein the cross-link members are coupled for pivotal movement in a plane parallel to a plane that includes the second frame members it links independent of orientation of the second frame members relative to the first frame members. 17. A building frame module according to claim 1 wherein the second frame members of the first and second frame sections are horizontally oriented independent of the a configuration of the plurality of single-axis pivot couplings and wherein each second frame member comprises an upwardly facing horizontal surface for supporting other building components. 18. A building frame module according to claim 17 wherein each cross-link member is single-axis pivotally coupled to each second frame member that it links at a location below each second frame member that it links to leave the upwardly facing horizontal surfaces of the second frame members free from obstruction for mounting other building components thereon. 19. A building frame module according to claim 1 wherein: upon manipulation of the single-axis pivotal couplings to define the parallelepiped-shaped building frame module, the second frame members of the first and second frame sections are horizontally oriented and,for each second frame member of the first frame section, the first internal and external second frame components respectively comprise: a first internal upwardly facing horizontal surface on the side of the first frame members of the first frame section that is proximate to the second frame section for supporting other building components, and a first external upwardly facing horizontal surface on the side of the first frame members of the first frame section that is distal from the second frame section for supporting other building components, and,for each second frame member of the second frame section, the second internal and external second frame components respectively comprise: a second internal upwardly facing horizontal surface on the side of the first frame members of the second frame section that is proximate to the first frame section for supporting other building components, and a second external upwardly facing horizontal surface on the side of the first frame members of the second frame section that is distal from the first frame section for supporting other building components.