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- Would you work at this all-timber Amsterdam office? Thu, 20 Jul 23, 4:30amYou probably spend more time at work than you spend at home. When you consider the amount of time you spend just sleeping when you're at home, you really do spend more quality time in the workplace on a lot of days. So shouldn't...
- New timber observatory is an immersive forest experience Thu, 8 Jun 23, 5:30amAs part of the Masters in Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities (MAEBB) program at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) in Barcelona, students and researchers designed and built the Forest Lab...
- Net-zero New Forest Home is made out of timber Wed, 7 Jun 23, 3:30amWhat is the true environmental impact of low-energy homes? PAD Studio has answered that question with the completion of a 10-year study on New Forest House...
- Modular cabin opens right in the middle for possibilities Sat, 8 Apr 23, 4:30amThis is ANNA Stay, the wooden cabin that just won the World Hotel Building of Year 2022 Award at the World Architecture Festival. It is the world's largest architectural event, so it's a pretty big deal. The sustainable design...
- London Park gets a full timber upgrade to maximum green Fri, 7 Apr 23, 4:30amLondon's Regent's Place, which sits east of Regent's Park just west of Euston Railway Station in London, England has been transformed by timber. Working with timber specialists Xylotek, Nex- Architecture created a series...
- A wood-processing office that is a love letter to timber Fri, 24 Feb 23, 6:30amDrive past it and you probably won't think this is an office. The building is full of glass and surrounded by green. It looks bright and beautiful. And it is, in fact, the new office and factory for Smartmill. This company...
- An wood-processing office that is a love letter to timber Fri, 24 Feb 23, 6:30amDrive past it and you probably won't think this is an office. The building is full of glass and surrounded by green. It looks bright and beautiful. And it is, in fact, the new office and factory for Smartmill. This company...
- Michelin HQ redesigned with public square, tropical gardens Wed, 4 Jan 23, 4:30amThe Carmes site of Clermont-Ferrand was purchased by Michelin in the 2000s, but recently received an update thanks to Encore Heureux Architectes, Construire and Base...
- Grocery store is transformed into a community meeting place Sat, 7 Jan 23, 6:30amIn the Netherlands, De Zwarte Hond was commissioned by real estate developer MWPO to create a central building for a neighborhood that would serve as a grocery store as well as a community meeting place...
- Timber children's library follows traditional techniques Wed, 28 Dec 22, 5:30amThe Pingtan Book House is a traditional timber construction house in China built with an internal staircase and bookshelves that wind around to infinite possibilities for reading and play...
- Tallest mass timber building in Denver breaks ground in 2023 Tue, 20 Dec 22, 3:30amDenver, Colorado is about to get a new look on the skyline — the tallest mass timber building in the city, which will break ground summer 2023. [...]
- SporX office building offers a modern timber design Tue, 15 Nov 22, 3:30amBefore steel, before concrete and before humans learned how to make a bunch of building materials that are ultimately bad for the environment, people built everything out of sustainable, renewable and natural materials...
- 4 funky facade materials that are sustainable and beautiful Thu, 3 Nov 22, 5:30amFacades are an essential aspect of architectural design. They envelope interior spaces and protect them from climatic conditions. Since facades are the first part of the building that people interact with, designers must...
- Pavilion explores timber architecture in Barcelona Thu, 27 Oct 22, 5:30amThe Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and Bauhaus Earth have a new installation opening at the Barcelona Pavilion. "Mass Is More" is a timber pavilion constructed on the site of Mies van der Rohe and Lilly...
- Tea barn blends history and culture at an old tobacco estate Fri, 14 Oct 22, 2:30amToo often, history has been destroyed to make way for modern life. The Kaomai Tea Barn is a new project and it is very modern. It's also smack-dab in the middle of a UNESCO cultural heritage preservation site in Thailand.[...]