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- Tiny prefab timber cabin in New Zealand designed to be serene art studio Sat, 8 Jun 19, 4:30amNew Zealand-based firm Copeland Associates have unveiled a gorgeous prefab timber cabin designed to provide a soothing off grid escape for those in need of a little quiet contemplation...
- Tiny prefab timber cabin in New Zealand designed to serene art studio Sat, 8 Jun 19, 4:30amNew Zealand-based firm Copeland Associates have unveiled a gorgeous prefab timber cabin designed to provide a soothing off grid escape for those in need of a little quiet contemplation...
- Playful gable-roofed home in Atlanta champions the power of CLT Sat, 18 May 19, 2:30amJennifer Bonner, architectural designer and director of MALL, has completed Haus Gables, a new ground-up residential project that was built almost entirely out of cross-laminated timber (CLT), an exceptionally strong wood...
- Ennead designs a striking nature preserve to protect Chinas most important river Tue, 26 Mar 19, 7:30amEnnead Architects and Andropogon Landscape Architects have won an international competition for the Shanghai Yangtze River Estuary Chinese Sturgeon Nature Preserve...
- This Norwegian alpine cabin fits together like a 3D timber puzzle Fri, 8 Feb 19, 2:30amA new treat awaits hikers in Hammerfest, Norway — perched high on a mountain is a contemporary hiking cabin engineered to provide comfort, views and architectural beauty above the Arctic Circle...
- Tham & Videgrd Arkitekter designs Swedish vertical village built from CLT Fri, 4 Jan 19, 2:30amStockholm-based architecture practice Tham & Videgård Arkitekter has unveiled designs for a new housing typology in Gothenburg, Sweden, that will be built from cross-laminated timber...
- Peek inside the tallest cross-laminated timber building in the US Thu, 3 Jan 19, 8:00amPortland, one of the leading cities for sustainability initiatives in the U.S., is now home to the nation’s tallest mass timber and cross-laminated timber (CLT) building. Designed by local design studio PATH Architecture,...
- RIBA crowns Children Village in Brazil as the worlds best new building Sat, 1 Dec 18, 8:00amOn the edge of a rainforest in northern Brazil, a recently built school complex by Brazilian architecture firms Aleph Zero and Rosenbaum has been awarded the RIBA International Prize 2018 for the ‘world’s best new building.’...
- Long Lodge is an elegant and sustainable mass timber retreat proposal in the woods Tue, 20 Nov 18, 8:00amMass timber construction is growing more popular thanks to efforts like the 2018 Maine Mass Timber Competition, which has prompted elegant and sustainable wood-based designs such as “Long Lodge,” a design concept that...
- Wooden skyscraper city proposed for Stockholms most eco-friendly neighborhood Thu, 6 Sep 18, 4:30amWhen Anders Berensson Architects was tapped by the Stockholm Center Party to design a new Stockholm neighborhood that would be the densest, tallest and most environmentally friendly in the city, the Swedish architecture firm...
- Prefab open-air theater pops up with speed in a London park Tue, 7 Aug 18, 6:00amCompleted in just seven months, the Regent’s Park Open Air Theater in central London is yet another example of how prefabrication can be a fantastic solution for site-sensitive projects strapped for time...
- This modular outdoor swimming pool from Finland could make a splash near you Thu, 2 Aug 18, 7:15amReclaiming the waterfront with outdoor swimming pools isn’t a new concept, but Office for Peripheral Architecture (OOPEAA)’s latest design stands out from the pack with its modular and scalable design that can be applied...
- A prefab chapels sculptural form amplifies the landscape in Uruguay Tue, 24 Jul 18, 2:30amPerched on a hilltop in a bucolic rural landscape in Uruguay, the Sacromonte Chapel is a minimalist, prefabricated structure designed to coexist with nature in harmony...
- A prefab chapels sculptural form amplifies the Spanish landscape Tue, 24 Jul 18, 2:30amPerched on a hilltop in a bucolic rural landscape in southern Spain, the Sacromonte Chapel is a minimalist, prefabricated structure designed to coexist with nature in harmony...
- Yale architecture students designed and built this handsome home for the homeless Fri, 18 May 18, 6:00amSince 1967, first-year Yale architecture students have designed and built buildings to better the community — and last year’s project was a stellar showing in affordable housing...