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Wood has been used in architecture for thousands of years, and remains a popular material for building today. It is valued for its natural beauty, versatility, and sustainability, and can be used in a variety of ways to create a range of architectural styles and forms. Wood is an excellent material for construction because it is strong, lightweight, and renewable. It is also a good insulator, which makes it an ideal material for walls and roofs, and it has the ability to absorb and release moisture, which helps to regulate the indoor climate.
CNC & Active Offices occupies six floors of a nine-story building in Prague’s Hagibor complex. Studio Reaktor designed the interior to organize media production, editorial work, broadcasting, and informal workplace…
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Residential Quarter Red Emma is a 360-unit timber-hybrid housing ensemble in Vienna, Austria, developed by AllesWirdGut Architektur and GERNER GERNER PLUS. Its slender residential blocks combine adaptable apartments, planted balconies…
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Heritage Park Mito is a single-story timber complex in Mito, Ibaraki, organized as a wedding venue, restaurant, and sequence of inward-facing gardens. Its long brick edge fronts a commercial arterial…
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Grace Farms in New Canaan, Connecticut, organizes worship, study, dining, recreation, and community activity along a 1,400-foot roof that follows a descending meadow landscape. Designed by SANAA, the River building…
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Sauna Los Batanes is a compact lakeside structure in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, built from oak recovered from fallen trees on the property. Set on stone supports above the ground…
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Berkut Baroneza House is a 693 m2 residence in Bragança Paulista, São Paulo, organized as a low concrete frame across a sloping site. Designed by Yuri Vital, the house combines…
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West Garden Florist is an 84-square-meter park amenity in Haidian Park, Beijing, where a flower shop and refreshment counter are organized beneath a planted timber canopy. Set among existing trees…
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A common commercial acacia flooring hardness rating is about 1,750 lbf on the Janka scale, but acacia does not have one universal number. Garrison, for example, lists an engineered acacia…
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La Claye House is a self-built dwelling on a former garden plot in the village of La Claye, France. Set within retained stone walls and around an existing well and…
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LAGO Italian Family Kitchen by vari architects adapts an existing waterfront pavilion in Yihe Ecological Park, Chongqing, into a small lakeside restaurant organized around a new timber-and-galvanized-metal frame. Set between…
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A Crafted Shelter is a 2026 competition proposal by V Taller for a compact dwelling in Yakushima, Japan. Set within a wooded site shaped by rain, slope, rock, and water…
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EcoNeo is a 35 m2 low-carbon summerhouse in Zealand, Denmark, designed by SAGA Space Architects as a compact domestic prototype informed by habitat design for extreme environments. Organized around a…
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Kola Bay Lighthouse Viewpoint by Evgeny Makarenko Timber Architecture Workshop is a small timber observation tower positioned on a rocky hill above Kola Bay in Murmansk, Russia. Conceived as a…
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The Auditorium and Music and Dance School Jean-Claude Casadesus in Leers, France, designed by ateliers O-S architectes, combines a 150-seat auditorium, rehearsal spaces, teaching rooms, shared facilities, and an upper-level…
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