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Architects: KÜHNLEIN Architektur
- Year: 2015
Wood: The Latest Architecture and News
Timber House / KÜHNLEIN Architektur
Villa SR / Reitsema and Partners Architects
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Architects: Reitsema and Partners Architects
- Area: 160 m²
- Year: 2013
LANDHAUS / Thomas Kröger Architekt
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Architects: Thomas Kröger Architekt
- Area: 320 m²
- Year: 2014
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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Architects: Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados
- Year: 2013
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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.
Dune House / Marc Koehler Architects
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Architects: Marc Koehler Architects
- Area: 180 m²
- Year: 2015
School in Saint-Maurice / Graeme Mann & Patricia Capua Mann
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Architects: Graeme Mann & Patricia Capua Mann
- Area: 12000 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Aebischer & Bovigny SA, Arteco, Kurmann & Cretton SA
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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Architects: Francisco Mangado
- Area: 11142 m²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Dynamobel, Saint-Gobain, Jofebar, Parquets ROMAN, Plaka, +2
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Professionals: SEDES S.A.
Malva House / Bloco Arquitetos
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Architects: Bloco Arquitetos
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Indusparquet, By Silva, Concresteel, Dessine, Palimanam Pedras, +1
LeBreton 4482 Building / Barq
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.
Afsharian's House / ReNa Design
Aireys House / Byrne Architects
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Architects: Byrne Architects
- Area: 377 m²
- Year: 2014
Writer's Retreat / Architectare
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Architects: Architectare
- Area: 31 m²
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Professionals: K2 Engenharia, RBF Arquitetura da Iluminação