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Architects: Nicholas Plewman Architects
- Area: 5384 m²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Serge Ferrari
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Professionals: De Villiers Sheard, Fox Browne Creative, Lodge Builders Botswana, New Southern Energy
Wood: The Latest Architecture and News
Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge / Nicholas Plewman Architects in Association with Michaelis Boyd Associates
Timber Trends: 7 To Watch for 2020
The history of timber construction stretches back as far as the Neolithic period, or potentially even earlier, when humans first began using wood to build shelters from the elements. The appearance of the first polished stone tools, such as knives and axes, then made wood handling more efficient and precise, increasing the thickness of wood sections and their resistance. Over the decades, the rustic appearance of these early constructions became increasingly orthogonal and clean, as a result of standardization, mass production, and the emergence of new styles and aesthetics.
Today we are experiencing another seminal moment within the evolution of timber. Nourished and strengthened by technological advances, new prefabrication systems, and a series of processes that increase its sustainability, safety, and efficiency, timber structures are popping up in the skylines of cities and in turn, is reconnecting our interior spaces with nature through the warmth, texture, and beauty of wood. Where will this path lead us? Below, we review 7 trends that suggest this progress is only set to continue, increasing both the capabilities and height of timber buildings in the years to come.
I-House / Architecture Show
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Architects: Architecture Show
- Area: 129 m²
- Year: 2011
Hakusui Nursery School / Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop
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Architects: Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop
- Area: 530 m²
- Year: 2014
Hotel MINHO Renewal and Expansion / ,i
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Architects: Virgula i
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: panoramah!®, Tons de Pedra
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Professionals: JP Pereira
De Blasio's Glass Skyscraper Ban: What Alternative Materials Could Take its Place?
Last April, Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York announced plans to introduce a bill that would ban the construction of new all-glass buildings. Part of a larger effort to reduce citywide greenhouse emissions by 30 percent, other initiatives included using clean energy to power city operations, mandatory organics recycling, and reducing single-use plastic and processed meat purchases. The announcement came on the heels of the city council passing the Climate Mobilization Act, a sweeping response to the Paris Climate Agreement that included required green roofs on new constructions and emissions reductions on existing buildings.
Open Platform and JAJA Architects Win Competition to Design Denmark’s First Wooden Parking House
Open Platform (OP) and JAJA Architects, together with Rama Studio and Søren Jensen Engineers, have won the open competition for a new parking house in Aarhus. In line with Denmark’s vision of becoming climate neutral by 2050, the structure will be the country’s first wooden parking house.
House in Itsuura / ADX
All Colors Sidewalk / Zoom Urbanismo Arquitetura e Design + LAO Engenharia & Design
Laguna House / AUÁ arquitetos
Low Cost House / JYA-RCHITECTS
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Architects: JYA-RCHITECTS
- Area: 100 m²
- Year: 2013
Bridge House / Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
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Architects: Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
- Year: 2009
Modular Box / SPSS Design
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Architects: SPSS Design
- Area: 110 m²
- Year: 2013
Torremocha del Jarama / Otto Medem de la Torriente
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Arquitectos: Otto Medem de la Torriente
- Area: 351 m²
- Year: 2007
Hacker Designs Largest Mass Timber Office in United States
Hacker Architects have unveiled new images showcasing plans to build the largest mass timber office building in North America. Working in collaboration Quezada Architecture for Brookfield Properties, the project is designed to be part of a 28-acre Pier 70 waterfront development at a historic shipyard property in San Francisco. The mass timber building is designed as a gateway structure with views of downtown, the bay, and nearby hills.
Planning Permissions Granted for Zaha Hadid's Timber Stadium in England
The world’s greenest football stadium, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects will be built in Gloucestershire, England after planning permissions were finally granted by the local council.