Timber Architecture
Architecture projects built primarily in timber, covering structure, joinery, and the use of wood in residential, civic, and commercial buildings.
Timber architecture uses wood as the primary structural and envelope material, from load-bearing frames and glulam beams to cross-laminated panels and exposed joinery. Designers working with timber consider species, moisture behaviour, fire performance, and how connections are detailed when metal fasteners are reduced or avoided.
Member work under this topic spans small-scale and civic projects, including a timber lighthouse built with minimal metal fasteners, an urban marketplace in Zhengzhou, a hillside residence overlooking Lake Llanquihue, and a forest-sited headquarters presented as a benchmark for sustainable timber building.
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LUO studio Grows a Turf-Roofed Timber Florist and Café Among the Trees of Beijing's Haidian Park
In Beijing's Haidian Park, an 84 m² flower shop and café rises on bundled timber slats that bend into a woven canopy beneath a planted roof.
dolmus Architekten Sets a Timber Family House on a Board-Formed Concrete Plinth in Schüpfheim
In Schüpfheim, Switzerland, a stacked-panel concrete base anchored into a slope carries a timber family house with a granny apartment tucked below.
Alki Architecture and Design Studio Wrap a 40 m² Wānaka Cabin in Charred Timber and Plant It in a Meadow
A 40 m² retreat in Wānaka, New Zealand, where blackened yakisugi cladding, oak interiors and a wildflower garden turn material limits into a method.
Sergio Sampaio Archi and Tectônica Set a Timber-Framed House on Stilts Above a Wooded Slope in Jacareí
In Jacareí's Paraíba Valley, a 440 m² house enters from a steel roof deck and descends through a glulam frame to a pool above the Jaguari reservoir.
