Loyn & Co reveals proposal for carbon neutral neighbourhood in Wales
Loyn & Co has unveiled its design for Parc Hadau, a net-zero-carbon housing scheme in Wales that will be built from cross-laminated timber and powered by renewable energy. More
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House clad in burnt larch perches on a rocky site in the Scottish Highlands
Mary Arnold-Forster Architects used planks of burnt larch to clad a cross-laminated timber house in the Scottish Highlands. More
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Biobasecamp pavilion aims to demonstrate the potential of timber in architecture
A timber pavilion called Biobasecamp at Dutch Design Week brought together projects that demonstrate the potential of the "concrete of the future" to fight against climate change. More
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Weathering steel facade covers CLT-framed Dutch row house
Fem Architects has completed a cross-laminated timber house clad in sheets of Corten steel in a twist on the traditional row house in Amsterdam. More
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Ditch concrete and steel with our Pinterest boards unearthing alternative building materials
Reflecting on last week's climate summit, we're showcasing alternatives to concrete in this week's new Pinterest boards. Branch out with our spruced-up boards featuring cross-laminated timber high rises, bamboo structures and enclosures with rammed-earth walls. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More
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Pool Leber Architekten swaps concrete for wood to create R11 loft extension
Pool Leber Architekten has used cross-laminated timber to add a bright and spacious new loft to a 1980s housing block in Munich. More
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Gray Organschi completes wooden high school extension with irregular roofing in Connecticut
Outdoor classrooms and active farmlands surround the extension to this ecological high school in Connecticut, which Gray Organschi built with cross-laminated timber to demonstrate sustainable design practices. More
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WilkinsonEyre completes modular student housing for Dyson Institute
WilkinsonEyre has created "unique student residencies with identity" from prefabricated timber pods at the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology in Wiltshire, England. More
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Perkins+Will designs "world's tallest hybrid wood tower" for Vancouver
Laminated wood and concrete will form the hybrid structural system of the high-rise Canada's Earth Tower that global firm Perkins+Will has unveiled for British Columbia. More
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GG-loop wraps Freebooter apartments with cedar louvres
Dutch architecture studio GG-loop has built a pair of prefabricated apartments in Amsterdam with timber louvres positioned to regulate the levels of light entering the building. More
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3XN unveils "tallest timber office building" in North America
Huge zigzagging windows tease apart these two cross-laminated timber office buildings, which Danish architecture firm 3XN has proposed for Toronto. More
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Mjøstårnet in Norway becomes world's tallest timber tower
Mjøstårnet by Voll Arkitekter in Brumunddal, Norway, has been verified as the world's tallest timber building by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. More
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Curved pavilion nestles among gardens at Lina Bo Bardi's Glass House in São Paulo
Architect Sol Camacho has designed a curvy wooden summer pavilion for the lush garden surrounding Brazilian modernist Lina Bo Bardi's jungle house. More
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Precht's The Farmhouse concept combines modular homes with vertical farms
Architecture studio Precht has developed a concept for modular housing where residents produce their own food in vertical farms. More
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Spinn Arkitekter completes wooden hiking cabin on Norwegian mountain
A wooden cabin with a prefabricated honeycomb-like structure, called Varden, has opened on Storfjellet mountain in Norway. More
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Architects urge government to consider environmental cost of timber building restrictions
Engineered timber products such as cross-laminated timber must be exempt from the UK government's ban on combustible cladding materials, as they are essential in the global battle against climate change, say architects. More
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UK ban on combustible building materials will "slow down use of engineered timber"
The UK government has released details of its ban on combustible building materials in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, revealing that it will limit the use of cross-laminated timber in construction. More
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Waugh Thistleton installs modular three-storey maze in V&A's Sackler Courtyard
A nine-metre-high maze built from cross-laminated timber is on show at the V&A during London Design Festival, to demonstrate the potential of carbon-neutral buildings. More
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Anders Berensson Architects proposes "wooden skyscraper city" for Stockholm
Anders Berensson Architects has unveiled plans for a conceptual housing development on Stockholm's waterfront containing 31 cross-laminated timber towers. More
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MIT champions large-scale timber architecture with Longhouse proposal
Wood is the key to a more sustainable building industry, says architect John Klein, who has led Massachusetts Institute of Technology students in designing a large community centre from mass timber. More
