The Yongning Pagoda or Yongning Temple in China was one of the first tallest timber buildings in the world from 516 AD to 534 AD. The timber-frame Chinese architecture with a complete column grid and a stabilising >>>
Hellin Sebbag Architects designed Lycée Simone Veil, a wooden high school adorned with ceramics in Gignac, France. Located at the foot of the Gignac hill in the Herald valley, the >>>
Designed by Swedish architecture firm White Arkitekter, Sara Cultural Centre, one of the world’s tallest timber buildings is opening its doors to the public in Skellefteå, Sweden. Combining traditional materials >>>
Tonkin Liu has transformed a disused water tower into a delightful family home of inventiveness in Norfolk, UK. As evidence of the goodness of the project, the Tower House has >>>
Michael Green Architecture, one of the most internationally recognized architecture firms in Canada, completed two new mass timber buildings for the College of Forestry at Oregon State University, recognized leader >>>
Holt in Groningen is the plan for a new sustainable, inclusive and healthy neighborhood. Developed by MWPO together with Nijestee and Nijhuis Bouw, Holt design is the result of the >>>
NCC Head office, an environmentally certified wooden architecture designed by White Arkitekter. When Swedish construction company NCC, one of the largest construction companies in Europe, planned its new head office in >>>
The Dutch architecture firm Powerhouse Company designs Valckensteyn, the first timber building set to affordable housing in the Netherlands. Together with housing corporation Woonstad Rotterdam, Powerhouse Company sets out to realize >>>
In the last 4 months we had the chance to interview some of the most influential architecture firms in Europe on the topic of timber buildings. They shared with us >>>
Wooden architecture and tips to comply with the most important building certifications and laws in Europe In the first three episodes of this series about wooden architecture, we had >>>
As we are witnessing with this series of articles and interviews about building with wood, sustainable timber constructions are taking over from steel and concrete buildings. Timber architecture seems to >>>
Many people look at timber buildings and see only their shapes without considering the performances, the sources, and the processes by which they are created. Architects are now looking at >>>
