New York approves use of cross-laminated timber for six-storey buildings
The New York City Council has approved the use of mass timber for the construction of buildings of up to 85 feet tall in the city. More
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Benedetta Tagliabue reveals mass-timber metro station under construction in Naples
Barcelona-based studio EMBT has revealed images of a mass-timber metro station, which is under construction in the Centro Direzionale area of Naples. More
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White Arkitekter unveils "carbon negative" skyscraper and cultural centre in Sweden
Architecture studio White Arkitekter has completed Sara Kulturhus Centre, a timber development featuring the world's second-tallest wooden tower, which it claims will be carbon negative over its lifetime. More
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Nine wooden cabins from Lake Annecy Cabin Festival
Festival organiser Philippe Burguet picks nine of his favourite wooden structures from this year's Cabin Festival, including a Japanese-style cabin and a playful teepee-shaped cabin with a swinging hammock. More
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KPF unveils Burrard Exchange in Vancouver as its first mass-timber building
A hybrid mass-timber office building slated for Vancouver will become architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox's first timber project, and one of the tallest of its type in North America. More
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Japanese architecture
Japanese architecture
Nikken Sekkei's Ariake Gymnastics Centre celebrates timber construction
One of the largest timber-framed roofs in the world spans 90 metres over the arena of the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo, designed by Japanese practice Nikken Sekkei for the delayed 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. More
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Former Apple design director launches mass-timber housing company "to bring productisation to the built environment"
Apple's former design director BJ Siegel has recently established a mass-timber housing company named Juno. In this exclusive interview, he explains how it aims to design housing like it is a product. More
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Stufish designing hexagonal arena for ABBA reunion tour
British architecture studio Stufish has revealed the first image of a temporary performance venue that is set to host Swedish pop group ABBA's reunion tour at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London. More
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Co-working
Co-working
Squire and Partners uses mass timber to add co-working facility to its London office
Architecture studio Squire and Partners has added a co-working facility to its own London office, in a new building framed by cross-laminated timber. More
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Caserío Azkarraga is a restaurant and residence wrapped in blackened timber
Architecture offices BABELstudio and Bonadona Arquitectura have completed a timber-clad building in northern Spain containing a restaurant and an adjoining house for its chef. More
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Bernardo Bader Architekten designs extension to timber kindergarten
Bregenz-based studio Bernardo Bader Architekten has completed a timber extension to Kindergarten Am Schlatt in Lustenau, Austria, with dark red window frames that reference the colour of the main building. More
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Alison Brooks Architects unveils mass timber entrance block for Cambridge college
A three-storey cross-laminated timber and glulam pavilion designed by London studio Alison Brooks Architects is set to be built as the entrance to Homerton College at the University of Cambridge in England. More
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MGA creates mass timber buildings for forestry college in Oregon
Canadian firm Michael Green Architecture used materials such as mass plywood panels and cross-laminated timber to construct two mass timber buildings at an Oregon university. More
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Advances in digital design and mass timber are leading us to "a new Bauhaus"
The combination of digital technology and mass timber is revolutionising the way we design and build buildings, according to the panellists of our recent talk with Dassault Systèmes. More
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Watch our live talk on digital twins and mass timber with Dassault Systèmes and Waugh Thistleton Architects
Dezeen teamed up with Dassault Systèmes to host a live talk with Waugh Thistleton Architects on the convergence between digital-twin technology and use of mass timber in construction. More
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Dialog designs mass timber net-zero carbon community college building for Canada
Architecture firm Dialog has revealed plans for a cross-laminated timber higher education building in Canada, which it says will be the first of its kind. More
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"If urban densification is inevitable, then let it be done with a material that makes us happy"
The mass-timber revolution is coming, says Clare Farrow, co-curator of the new London exhibition Timber Rising: Vertical Visions for the Cities of Tomorrow. More
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Michael Green completes largest mass-timber building in United States
Trees killed by mountain beetles were used to construct this seven-storey tower in Minneapolis by Michael Green Architecture, which is described by the firm as the first modern tall wood building in the United States. More
