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- Swedish rnsro Timber Town relies on wood to lower its carbon footprint Thu, 2 Jun 16, 6:00pmCreated in collaboration with Slättö Förvaltning, the approximately 18,000-square-meter Örnsro Timber Town comprises residential units as well as plazas and other structures for social meetings and recreation...
- Kengo Kuma created an organic facade out of cedar strips for the University of Tokyo Tue, 24 Feb 15, 6:00amMost university campus buildings are hard on the outside, using brick, concrete, metal and stone to create their familiar facades. The people at Kengo Kuma wanted to break away from that to make a building that felt soft...
- Kengo Kumo created an organic facade out of cedar strips for the University of Tokyo Tue, 24 Feb 15, 3:01amMost university campus buildings are hard on the outside, using brick, concrete, metal and stone to create their familiar facades. The people at Kengo Kuma wanted to break away from that to make a building that felt soft...
- North America’s Tallest Wood Building Opens in British Columbia Sat, 8 Nov 14, 9:29amThe project officially opened to the world on October 31, 2014, on budget and on time, showing that wood construction can serve as a functional and reliable option for sustainable building...
- World’s Tallest Wood Building Opens in British Columbia Sat, 8 Nov 14, 4:00amThe project officially opened to the world on October 31, 2014, on budget and on time, showing that wood construction can serve as a functional and reliable option for sustainable building...
- World’s Tallest Contemporary All-Wood Structure Completed in British Columbia Fri, 7 Nov 14, 10:00pmThe project officially opened to the world on October 31, 2014, on budget and on time, showing that wood construction can serve as a functional and reliable option for sustainable building...
- Stark White Autobahn Church Hides a Wonderous Surprise Inside Mon, 14 Apr 14, 3:00pmOn the outside, Schneider + Schumacher Architekten's fantastic church looks like a white three-dimensional interpretation of traditional village church...
- Michael Green on Why Wood Skyscrapers are Better than Concrete and Steel Towers Wed, 17 Jul 13, 1:10amTo date, mid-rise and high-rise buildings have typically been constructed from concrete and steel. But architect Michael Green says that we should use wood instead, because concrete and steel production contributes significantly...
- VIDEO: Inhabitat Interviews Metropol Parasol Architect Juergen Mayer H. Sat, 30 Jul 11, 2:08amRead the rest of VIDEO: Inhabitat Interviews Metropol Parasol Architect Juergen Mayer H. Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", architecture modeling technology, Deconstructivism,...