The tallest timber buildings rush
2022-08-08T08:08:25+02:00The 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 >>>
Lycée Simone Veil, a wooden high school by Hellin Sebbag Architects
2022-03-07T14:54:29+01:00Hellin Sebbag Architects designed Lycée Simone Veil, a wooden high school adorned with ceramics in Gignac, France. Located at the foot of the Gignac hill >>>
Sara Cultural Centre, among the world’s tallest timber buildings
2022-07-07T16:23:03+02:00Designed 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 >>>
Photographer’s home in a Water Tower by Tonkin Liu
2022-03-22T16:27:18+01:00Tonkin Liu has transformed a disused water tower into a delightful family home of inventiveness in Norfolk, UK. As evidence of the goodness of the >>>
Two new mass timber buildings for the College of Forestry
2021-04-10T08:49:21+02:00Michael Green Architecture, one of the most internationally recognized architecture firms in Canada, completed two new mass timber buildings for the College of Forestry at >>>
Holt, a new green and healthy neighborhood in Groningen
2021-04-10T08:49:56+02:00Holt in Groningen is the plan for a new sustainable, inclusive and healthy neighborhood. Developed by MWPO together with Nijestee and Nijhuis Bouw, Holt design >>>
NCC Head office by White Arkitekter
2022-10-24T14:16:04+02:00NCC 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 >>>
Valckensteyn, the first Dutch timber building set to affordable housing
2021-04-10T08:53:42+02:00The 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 >>>
Timber buildings: evidence, best practices and advantages
2023-05-25T09:44:50+02:00In the last 4 months we had the chance to interview some of the most influential architecture firms in Europe on the topic of timber >>>
Benefits of wooden architecture and sustainably sourced timber | part 4
2022-08-05T13:25:28+02:00Wooden architecture and tips to comply with the most important building certifications and laws in Europe In the first three episodes of this series >>>
Benefits of building with wood and sustainably sourced timber | part 3
2021-03-09T15:02:03+01:00As we are witnessing with this series of articles and interviews about building with wood, sustainable timber constructions are taking over from steel and concrete >>>
Benefits of timber buildings and sustainably sourced timber | part 2
2021-03-09T15:02:15+01:00Many people look at timber buildings and see only their shapes without considering the performances, the sources, and the processes by which they are created. >>>