Shigeru Ban designs wood-clad housing blocks in Antwerp
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban's studio has designed a pair of wood-clad housing blocks in Belgium named Ban, which will sit alongside a courtyard "where people can unwind". More
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Dezeen Debate features Michael Kendrick Architects' "perfect" woodland retreat
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Debate newsletter features Michael Kendrick Architects' woodland retreat and holiday let in England. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More
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Mork-Ulnes completes eight-sided Octothorpe House in Oregon desert
Mork-Ulnes Architects has completed a single-family residence in Oregon with a dark exterior and interconnected spaces without corridors that was built using American-made cross-laminated timber. More
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Wingårdhs perches Swedish forest hotel suites on steel stilts
Swedish architecture studio Wingårdhs has completed a cluster of five suites for the Trakt Forest Hotel in Småland, raised on metal stilts to give visitors the feeling of being among the tree canopy. More
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Looking Glass Lodge features glass facades that reflect the surrounding woodland
Michael Kendrick Architects has completed a woodland retreat and holiday let in East Sussex, England, featuring timber-clad facades and large windows that allow views right through the building. 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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Lina Ghotmeh reveals design for 2023 Serpentine Pavilion
Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh is set to create a timber pavilion sheltering a low circular table for next year's Serpentine Pavilion. More
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Llabb creates The Hermitage cabin overlooking Italian mountains
Italian architecture studio Llabb has perched an off-grid wooden cabin for "contemplation and introspection" on the edge of a hill overlooking the Trebbia valley near Genoa. More
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Sliding screens front Granary House guesthouse by MIMA Housing
Architect Marta Brandão has adopted a "rustic minimalism" style to create a two-bedroom mountain retreat in Arouca, Portugal. More
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MAPA completes Passivhaus house on stilts near Buenos Aires
Architectural studio MAPA has completed Argentina's first Passivhaus-certified residence, a house in the San Fernando Delta that is lifted on stilts to accommodate periodic flooding. More
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Studio Weave adds wood-lined community space to east London library
Architecture practice Studio Weave has added a wood-lined community centre to Lea Bridge Library in east London, with a red-concrete colonnade that references the original grade II-listed redbrick building. More
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Norman Foster creates angular retreat in Martha's Vineyard for "friends of the Foster family"
Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Norman Foster has designed the Foster Retreat in Martha's Vineyard as a holiday home for his friends and those of the Norman Foster Foundation, which features furniture designed by the architect for Karimoku. More
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Les Archinautes and 3AE create timber cabin overlooking lake in Czech Republic
Timber interiors and larch cladding reference the surrounding Bohemian Forest at this pared-back cabin in the Czech Republic, designed by French practice Les Archinautes in collaboration with local practice 3AE. More
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Powerhouse Company builds floating office in Rotterdam's Rijnhaven
Dutch architecture firm Powerhouse Company has used cross-laminated timber to construct an off-grid office building that floats on water. 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
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Henning Larsen designs wooden Ørestad Church with cluster of trapezoidal roofs
Danish architecture studio Henning Larsen has released its design for Ørestad Church, the first church to be built in Copenhagen for more than 30 years, which will be made from wood and have a bark-like facade. More
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Neri&Hu incorporates historic wooden structure into copper-clad tea rooms
An ornate wooden structure dating back to the Qing dynasty has been encased in a copper-clad shell to create The Relic Shelter, a teahouse in Fuzhou, China, by Neri&Hu. More
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Tsumugu by Archipatch is a wooden house designed to connect with nature
Japanese architecture studio Archipatch has completed a house in the seaside city of Kagoshima that is built from timber and features a material palette chosen to complement its natural surroundings. More
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Repurposed wooden slats cover Hamptons residence by Birdseye
Vermont architecture studio Birdseye has wrapped a Hamptons cottage in thin wooden slats based on those used in local, traditional buildings for lighting and ventilation. More
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GRAAM Architecture wraps Burgundy office building in timber exoskeleton and "glass veil"
A glazed skin hangs from a timber exoskeleton at this office building in France by French studio GRAAM Architecture, which has been shortlisted in the business building category of Dezeen Awards 2022. More
