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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atelier iso Designs and Builds a Timber House on a Long-Vacant Corner Plot in the Village of La Claye
In La Bretonnière-la-Claye, a 79 m² timber house fills a long-empty village corner, borrowing local gables and stone walls without imitating them.
Studio Locomotive Builds a Khao Lak Restaurant Around a Wall of Salvaged Tin-Miner Roof Tiles
In Phang Nga, Thailand, Waankarn pairs board-formed concrete halls with breathing timber louvers and an archive of Takua Pa's tin-mining past.
Trópico Arquitectura Finds Its Language in a Timber-and-Plaster House on a Sloping Site in La Ceja, Colombia
In La Ceja, Colombia, the studio's first project pairs rough-hewn timber, white plaster and brick floors with doors that open the house to the garden.
Jesper Kusk Arkitekter Sets a Timber Holiday House on Raised Decks Above the Kattegat in Rågeleje
On a narrow north-south plot in Rågeleje, Denmark, a 158 m² timber pavilion trades bulk for a deep roof, an oak frame and decks that read the dune.
