Pegg is a furniture collection that can be constructed with traditional pegs
Oxford-based designer Michael Buick has created a wooden range of furniture that can be easily assembled and disassembled using traditional pegs. More
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Carlos Gris creates Malaysian-informed home in the Cambridgeshire Fens
Lightly charred timber clads the walls of Sayang House, a house conceived by designer Carlos Gris for an aunt who had returned to UK after 20 years abroad. More
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Spacon & X designs pared-back Gamar furniture range for Copenhagen restaurant
Danish architecture and design studio Spacon & X collaborated with German brand e15 to create this furniture collection for Copenhagen restaurant POPL, which is made using ash wood with a distinctive grain. More
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Office architecture
Office architecture
White Arkitekter completes Gothenburg's first wooden office building
Swedish studio White Arkitekter has built a timber-framed office building in Gothenburg that resembles an inverted ziggurat. More
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Ptacek Home creates Chunk Line furniture from storm-downed trees
American studio Ptacek Home has produced the Chunk Line furniture collection, which aims to combine traditional techniques with a "modern, sculptural twist," from trees that were downed by storms or felled for safety. More
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Béres Architects hides cabin on stilts in a Hungarian forest
This cabin in the Alpokalja forest near Kőszeg, Hungary, was entirely built on stilts as an isolated getaway that would harmoniously integrate with the surrounding trees. More
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Twenty per cent of new homes in Amsterdam to be constructed from timber
The city of Amsterdam has mandated that 20 per cent of all new housing projects in the Dutch capital must be constructed with wood or other biobased materials from 2025. More
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Dezeen and FSC present online lecture series with leading architects working with sustainable wood
Dezeen has partnered with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to present a new series of Architecture Project Talks, which will see Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Chris Precht deliver presentations about key projects that are built using FSC-certified wood. More
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OMA adds wood-clad escalators to KaDeWe department store in Berlin
Architecture studio OMA has revealed images of the first completed part of its renovation of Berlin department store KaDeWe, a retail and event space connected by wood-clad escalators. More
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Brodie Neill coils veneer from trees harvested underwater into table
London-based designer Brodie Neill has used over three kilometres of veneer taken from trees in a flooded forest in Tasmania to create the top of ReCoil, an oval dining table. More
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Dutch Design Week
Dutch Design Week
House built from 100 different plant-based materials unveiled at Dutch Design Week
Eco-design studio Biobased Creations has built a showhome almost entirely from biomaterials including wood, mycelium, seaweed, straw and vegetable fibres as well as earth and sewage. More
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Verstas Architects evokes island landscapes with Helsinki Biennial Pavilion
Finnish practice Verstas Architects has created a circular timber pavilion at Helsinki's South Harbour, forging a connection between the city and the nearby island of Vallisaari. More
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Forest Crayons reveal the spectrum of colours within Japanese wood
Design studio Playfool has created a set of sustainable crayons made entirely from Japanese wood, which was designed to celebrate the unseen colours within a forest's trees. More
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UK rules on building with timber are a "policy car crash" says Andrew Waugh
Rules restricting the use of wood in UK buildings are hampering the switch to low-carbon building methods, according to timber architecture expert Andrew Waugh. More
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Three vaulted volumes form remote Chilean retreat by Edward Rojas Arquitectos
A trio of vaulted wooden structures connected by an exterior walkway make up this house on the island of Chiloé, Chile, by local firm Edward Rojas Arquitectos. More
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SOM weaves small wood pieces into SPLAM pavilion at Chicago Architecture Biennial
SOM has worked with the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning to explore a low-carbon alternative to conventional timber framing called SLT and build a pavilion to demonstrate its capabilities. More
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ReVærk's all-timber school building in Denmark is a lesson in natural construction
Danish studio ReVærk has completed House of Nature, a school building designed to promote learning about nature through its traditional timber structure and wooden shingles, which has been shortlisted in the civic building category of Dezeen Awards 2021. More
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Ecuadorian houses
Ecuadorian houses
Al Borde integrates nature into Casa Jardin in northern Ecuador
Rammed earth walls and a glass outhouse feature in this rural Ecuadorian house by architectural studio Al Borde that is meant to challenge standards of comfort. 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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Architecture
Architecture
Nielsen Jenkins creates backyard extension for K&T’s Place in Brisbane
Australian studio Nielsen Jenkins has used raw timber and concrete blocks to extend a home belonging to an artist and art gallery director. More
