Eleven upcoming buildings with mass-timber structures
A stadium by Zaha Hadid Architects and housing by Adjaye Associates feature in this roundup of upcoming wooden buildings, curated as part of our Timber Revolution series. More
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Mass timber should "always start with forest health" says timber industry expert Arnie Didier
Increasing use of mass timber in architecture is driving good forest management practices in the United States, says Forest Business Network co-founder Arnie Didier in this interview as part of our Timber Revolution series. More
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"We need to start using our wood more efficiently"
A Timber Revolution requires us to focus on reducing mass-timber structures' raw-material use instead of trying to design the tallest possible wooden building, writes Maximilian Pramreiter. More
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Ölzbündt housing shows that "criticism of the longevity of wooden buildings is unfounded"
The first of our Timber Revolution case studies looks at an innovative, early example of mass-timber multi-storey housing, designed by Austrian studio HK Architekten in the 1990s. More
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This week we kicked off the Timber Revolution
This week on Dezeen, we launched our latest series called Timber Revolution, which will investigate the potential of mass timber. More
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"Timber is being abused" says architect Hermann Kaufmann
Sloppiness and misinformation are threatening to prevent large-scale wood construction from reaching its full potential, argues Hermann Kaufmann – the "grandfather of mass timber" – in this interview as part of our Timber Revolution series. More
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"We can't detox our built environment by swapping out fossil-fuelled building materials for timber"
The way we build must fundamentally shift to harmonise with tree and carbon cycles in order to realise the Timber Revolution, writes Smith Mordak. More
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Snøhetta creates cavernous timber climbing centre in Norway
Norwegian architecture studio Snøhetta has completed a climbing centre in a small riverside town in Norway, using angular wooden walls to help mimic the feeling of being in a natural cave. More
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The Dezeen guide to mass timber in architecture
To help kick off our Timber Revolution series, we republish the Dezeen guide to engineered wood, which includes CLT, glulam and dowel-laminated timber. More
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The dawn of the Timber Revolution
Dezeen's latest series investigates the potential of mass timber. Starting today, Timber Revolution will question whether the material can break steel and concrete's hold over the construction industry. More
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Dezeen Debate features "well-sat" mass-timber housing in Edinburgh
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a mass-timber tenement-style housing development by Scottish studio Fraser/Livingstone. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More
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Fraser/Livingstone adds angular tenement to historical Edinburgh site
Scottish studio Fraser/Livingstone has completed a mass-timber tenement-style housing development in Edinburgh named Simon Square. More
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Waugh Thistleton Architects designs "visibly sustainable" mass-timber office in London
London studio Waugh Thistleton Architects has unveiled the Black & White Building, a mass-timber office building designed for The Office Group in Shoreditch with a slatted tulipwood facade. More
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3XN creates CLT-framed hotel on Danish island
Timber provides almost all the building fabric of Green Solution House 2.0, a hotel on the Danish island of Bornholm completed by architecture studio 3XN. More
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Dezeen's top nine mass-timber buildings of 2022
With mass timber becoming an increasingly mainstream building material, we continue our review of the year by looking at nine of the most interesting cross-laminated timber and glued laminated timber buildings of 2022. More
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Foster + Partners to design "one of London's largest timber buildings"
British studio Foster + Partners has unveiled plans for The William, which will be made from cross-laminated timber and become the studio's first timber office building in the UK. More
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LMN Architects creates mass-timber business school for University of Washington
Seattle-based studio LMN Architects has completed the mass-timber Founders Hall building for the University of Washington's Foster School of Business in Seattle. More
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nARCHITECTS tops New York nature centre with a mass-timber roof
Brooklyn-based nARCHITECTS has designed a nature centre and exhibition space that produces as much energy as it consumes on the New York coastline. More
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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates California winery with "humble yet refined atmosphere"
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson used engineered timber and a cantilevered roof for Caymus-Suisun Winery to create a contemporary winery with a "new architectural language for the region". More
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Mitsubishi Jisho Design completes "Japan's first hybrid timber high-rise hotel"
Architecture studio Mitsubishi Jisho Design has completed an 11-storey hybrid timber hotel in Sapporo, Japan, that was designed to use as much local timber and as little concrete as possible. More
