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- Minimalist timber home gracefully blends into the Austrian landscape Tue, 10 Apr 18, 8:06pmLovers of minimalist architecture will swoon over Innauer-Matt Architekten’s Höller House, a beautiful modern home built mainly of wood in Austria’s picturesque Bregenzerwald valley...
- Chilean Folding House allows owners to control the temperature to adapt to the season Tue, 28 Feb 17, 4:00amThe Folding House in Las Cabras, Chile was strategically wrapped with a wooden "flap" to give the owners optimal temperature control throughout the year...
- Supercomputers that model climate change heat this Potsdam research institute Sat, 19 Mar 16, 1:00amThanks to the vertically orientated wooden facade, walkers in the beautiful woodland setting of Telegraph Hill in Potsdam might not even notice a new 6000m2 building has arisen amongst the tall trees...
- Floating Kengo Kuma building clad in cedar strips lands on Tokyo University campus Thu, 3 Dec 15, 6:49amThe 61-years-old Tokyo based Japanese architect Kengo Kuma is famous for his layered architecture and for the studies on complex wooden patterns. His research however goes far beyond simple ornamentation. It appears to be...
- Spanish architects reuse railway sleepers to build a sculptural library extension Thu, 26 Nov 15, 5:00amThe architects covered the extension in wooden railway sleepers as if the tracks that once ran near the station were dismantled and stacked to create a new piece of architecture...
- Pre-war Queensland bungalow gets a modern makeover and a cottage-like extension Thu, 5 Nov 15, 5:00amThe clients needed a big enough space for them and their kids, but also insisted on preserving the spirit of the original structure, built in the Queenslander style marked by low-rise timber forms and veranda entrances...
- Pioneering CLTHouse in Seattle was built with the wood of 20 sustainably-grown trees Wed, 28 Oct 15, 8:36amLocated on a small triangular lot in Seattle, this house for a family of four aims to balance out the influences of the oversized alley and rear bank parking lot, and a neighborhood near Lake Washington...
- Parc Architectes renovate a 19th-century office building in Paris with a beautiful wooden facade Mon, 14 Sep 15, 3:00pmThe office building is nestled in the heart of the 11th district in Paris. Built near the end of the 19th century, the building expanded during the 1970s, when it acquired a new aluminium facade which had little to do with...
- Quonochontaug House is a daylit vacation home in Rhode Island that uses light as sculpture Thu, 21 May 15, 8:00pmNew York–based design studio Bernheimer Architecture designed this daylit vacation house in Rhode Island, the interior of which plays with light like it were a sculpting chisel...
- The Milan Expo’s modular Azerbaijan pavilion is wrapped in wavy timber louvers enclosing multiple different biospheres Sun, 3 May 15, 12:30amThe Azerbaijan pavilion at Milan Expo 2015 is a three-level structure flanked by wavy timber louvers, constructed from recyclable materials. Three Italian design firms- Simmetrico Network, Arassociati Architecture, and landscape...
- Slovenia’s prefab wooden World Expo pavilion evokes the mountainous landscape of its homeland Sat, 2 May 15, 4:14amThis playful wooden pavilion consists of five prismatic structures, each representing Slovenia's diverse geographical landscape and approaches to sustainable development...
- Slovenia’s prefab wooden pavilion evokes the mountainous landscape of its homeland Sat, 2 May 15, 4:14amThis playful wooden pavilion consists of five prismatic structures, each representing Slovenia's diverse geographical landscape and approaches to sustainable development...
- Daylit STGM Head Office uses reclaimed wood, solar power and a green wall to create a truly sustainable work environment Fri, 1 May 15, 8:03pmThis minimalist office building in Quebec, Canada, integrates innovative sustainable technologies into its large wood- and concrete-clad volume. STGM Architects designed the building as their own headquarters and made sure...
- Daylit STGM Head Office is uses reclaimed wood, solar power and a green wall to create a truly sustainable work environment Fri, 1 May 15, 8:03pmThis minimalist office building in Quebec, Canada, integrates innovative sustainable technologies into its large wood- and concrete-clad volume. STGM Architects designed the building as their own headquarters and made sure...
- Haptic Architects’ Highlevel Road two timber extensions will change color over time Tue, 24 Mar 15, 4:02pmLondon-based Haptic Architects designed two extensions to an old Victorian house in London and created new spaces that exude warmth though the use of natural materials-untreated larch and oak-combined with subtle metal details...