Historical: In the context of a Mesoamerican location for these events, the building of a temple would likely follow the general pattern of Mesoamerican temples, particularly in this case since the people were "idolatrous" and probably more closely aligned with neighboring religions. If Noah is building a Mesoamerican temple, we need to examine a particular element of this verse: "his workmen should work all manner of fine work within the walls of the temple, of fine wood, and of copper, and of brass.."
The first glance reading would suppose that the walls of the temple were built of wood. That would conjure the image of a wooden structure which would be foreign to what we understand of Mesoamerican temples, particularly those that were attempting to display finery as was the temple of Noah. However, that is not what the verse says. The verse has the workmen working inside the walls, and creating precious decorative elements. We clearly understand that the walls were not made of copper and brass but were simply adorned with artifacts of copper and brass. The grammatical reference to wood is precisely the same. The walls are not wood, but are decorated with fine work in wood. In this we do have a corroboration with Mesoamerican temples, where elaborate wooden carvings might appropriately be part of the temple.