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Timber House / KÜHNLEIN Architektur

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Villa SR / Reitsema and Partners Architects

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LANDHAUS / Thomas Kröger Architekt

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The World's Tallest Hybrid Timber Tower is Under Construction in Sydney, Australia

The Atlassian Sydney Headquarters, the soon to be “world’s tallest hybrid timber building” is being built in Sydney, Australia. Designed by SHoP in partnership with BVN, the 40-story high tower will provide, once completed in 2025, a new and innovative space for technology giant Atlassian.

The Upshot of Sidewalk Labs’ Canceled Toronto Project

In May, Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs announced that it would cancel its high-profile Quayside project because of “unprecedented economic uncertainty.” The statement marked the end of a three-year initiative to create a living, urban “testbed for emerging technologies, materials, and processes.”

Reversing the traditional order of city planning, Sidewalk Labs imagined building a new urban district on Toronto’s waterfront from the internet up, with sensors and other data collection infrastructure embedded in the fabric of a large city block. The ambitious development—with an area of 2.65 million square feet, including 1.78 million square feet of residential space—was to be built entirely from mass timber; indeed, the extensive use of modular cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glue-laminated timber (glulam) was a chief selling point of the design (by Heatherwick Studio and Snøhetta, using a kit-of-parts developed by Michael Green Architecture).

OZ House / Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados

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São Roque, Brazil
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Ananda, Day Brasil, Induparket

Open-Source Children's Furniture You Can Download and Manufacture Locally

In her Sesc Pompéia theater, architect Lina Bo Bardi designed a central stage revealing the structure and all the functions of the theater's program, and renouncing traditional theater seating. Her seats were not upholstered, were close to each other, and encouraged a more aware, attentive, and upright posture among the audience, thus honoring, according to her, the ancient art of theater.

In the same way that the characteristics of architectural spaces alter our mood, feelings, concentration, and learning, so does the integral design element of furniture, which must be taken seriously when considering comprehensive user experiences. Regarding schools and learning environments in particular, the same attention given to teaching materials is often not conferred on furniture and physical structure.

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Dune House / Marc Koehler Architects

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School in Saint-Maurice / Graeme Mann & Patricia Capua Mann

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The Versatility of OSB Panels in 12 Projects

OSB (Oriented Strand Board) can be easily recognized for its distinctive appearance. This material consists of cross-oriented layers of wood strands compressed and bonded together with resin, applied under high pressure and temperature. As a result, the standardized panels have great stiffness, strength, and stability, and are often used as wall cladding attached to the steel frame of a building or as partitions. Also, they have good soundproofing capabilities, since the panels are uniform and have no internal gaps or voids. It is also worth mentioning that OSB can be fully recycled, thereby being considered eco-friendly.

Fine Arts Museum of Asturias / Francisco Mangado

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Oviedo, Spain
  • Architects: Francisco Mangado
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  11142
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2014
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Dynamobel, Saint-Gobain, Jofebar, Parquets ROMAN, Plaka, +2
  • Professionals: SEDES S.A.

Malva House / Bloco Arquitetos

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Brasília, Brazil
  • Architects: Bloco Arquitetos
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2014
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Indusparquet, By Silva, Concresteel, Dessine, Palimanam Pedras, +1

LeBreton 4482 Building / Barq

LeBreton 4482 Building / Barq - Apartments
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Architects: Barq
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2014

Architectonic & Structural Possibilities of Log Wood

The world of architecture and construction has observed, with increasing attention, technological innovations involving wood. Although it is a material that has been widely used for thousands of years, recent research involving industrial manufacturing and machining technologies has provided even greater quality control and an increased diversity of uses, causing it to be described by many as the material of the future. To this end, common myths including wood's lack of resistance to fire and the implausibility of using it to structure tall buildings have been debunked.

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Afsharian's House / ReNa Design

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Kermanshah, Iran
  • Architects: ReNa Design
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  600
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013
  • Professionals: Afsharian

Aireys House / Byrne Architects

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Aireys Inlet, Australia
  • Architects: Byrne Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  377
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2014

Writer's Retreat / Architectare

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Petrópolis, Brazil