BIG and HOK to add timber terminal and control tower to Zurich Airport
Danish architecture studio BIG and US firm HOK have revealed the design for a mass-timber terminal and control tower named Dock A at Zurich's airport. More
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SOM and Burckhardt+Partner create mass-timber office for UN on Lake Geneva
Architecture studios Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Burckhardt+Partner have unveiled a hybrid mass-timber and concrete office block on the United Nations campus in Geneva. More
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"Timber prices going up daily" in Europe due to Ukraine war
European architects and designers are struggling to source wood for their projects as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has brought imports from the region to a standstill, threatening stocks and driving up prices across the continent. More
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Yazdani Studio designs mass-timber sustainability research centre for Caltech
LA-based Yazdani Studio has broken ground on the Resnick Sustainability Resource Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena that will incorporate mass timber. More
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Dezeen Debate features a Passivhaus furniture factory by BIG
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features BIG's design for "the world's most environmentally friendly furniture factory". Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now! More
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BIG completes "world's most environmentally friendly furniture factory" in Norway
Architecture firm BIG has constructed a mass-timber Passivhaus factory in a Norwegian forest for outdoor furniture maker Vestre, which features a green roof and solar panels as well as an exterior slide. More
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Fentress Architects overhauls Norwegian Embassy in Washington DC
US studio Fentress Architects used copper and mass timber to reconfigure Norway's embassy in Washington DC, which opened to the public this month. More
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Perkins&Will reimagines Camp Lakota after fire in southern California
Architecture studio Perkins&Will has used prefabricated components and mass timber to create a series of A-framed cabins and a dining hall at a California campground that was partly destroyed by wildfire. More
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Park Slope condo becomes New York City's "largest mass-timber building"
Local studio Mesh Architectures has completed Timber House, a condominium in Brooklyn that developer The Brooklyn Home Company claims is "the largest mass timber building in New York City." More
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Henning Larsen designs tree-like volumes made from mass timber for Volvo experience centre
Danish architecture firm Henning Larsen Architects has unveiled its design for a mass-timber building in Sweden that will be used as an experience centre and meeting place for car manufacturer Volvo. More
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The world's tallest timber building features in today's Dezeen Agenda newsletter
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Schmidt Hammer Lassen's design for the world's tallest timber building. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More
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Schmidt Hammer Lassen unveils design for world's tallest timber building
Danish studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has revealed its design for a 100-metre-tall housing block in Switzerland, which will be the world's tallest timber building when it completes. More
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NBBJ designs net-zero school for neurodiverse children in California
US-based architecture studio NBBJ has released designs for a net-zero school in Encino, California, that will cater to neurodiverse students. More
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Lever Architecture uses mass timber in Portland's Meyer Memorial Trust building
Structural plywood was used to help reduce the carbon footprint of an Oregon office building designed by Lever Architecture for a charitable foundation. More
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Adjaye Associates designs mass-timber building covered in plants for Toronto's waterfront
Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has designed a plant-covered building called Timber House as part of a developement on Toronto's waterfront that will include buildings by Alison Brooks Architects and Henning Larsen. More
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Kirkland Fraser Moor tops chalk-walled house with CLT arch
UK studio Kirkland Fraser Moor has created a contemporary house named Ashraya in Hertfordshire, England, which is topped by a cross-laminated timber arch. More
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Powerhouse Company designs serene mass-timber lecture hall for Tilburg University
Dutch studio Powerhouse Company has unveiled its design for the Netherlands' first mass-timber university building — a square lecture hall that references modernist and monastic architecture. More
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Bennetts Associates creates cross-laminated timber sports hall in King's Cross
UK studio Bennetts Associates has used cross-laminated timber and glulam to create the lightweight King's Cross Sports Hall, which is currently being used as the Construction Skills Centre. More
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CO Adaptive Architecture converts Gowanus foundry into flexible theatre spaces
Brooklyn studio CO Adaptive Architecture has renovated an industrial building in the New York borough's Gowanus neighbourhood to create bright and spacious theatre rehearsal spaces. More
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Three Little Pigs story reinforces prejudices that biomaterials are "terrible"
The fable of the Three Little Pigs highlights negative perceptions about natural construction materials, according to James Drinkwater, head of Built Environment at philanthropic climate organisation the Laudes Foundation. More
