Ancestral, vernacular, minimalist and harmonious. For many, these words have come to define the architecture of Japan, a country that has long served as a source of cultural and technological ...

The quiet poetry in architectural irregularities, organic growth, and the unique harmony within chaos—these are the hallmarks ...

It was wood, but a far cry from a contractor’s 2-by-4s: These were panels like thick wooden sandwiches, the layers stacked and glued with the grains at perpendicular angles, greatly increasing ...

This “super plywood” is manufactured of thin sheets of wood laid down in an alternating pattern with resin applied between each layer. mass timber. A construction system in which the load-bearing ...

A video shows how these layered wood materials are crafted in a timber factory. Photo Courtesy of The Skyscraper Museum. GLT and CLT are just two of the many different types of Mass Timber made today.

Architecture; Explore wood architecture, Paris' new timber tower and how to make sustainable construction look ‘iconic’ A new timber tower brings wood architecture into sharp focus in Paris and ...

The dense suburban housing in Pangyo-dong, an area 15 minutes south of central Seoul, leaves little room for parks and greenery.Luckily, Jo Jinman Architects designed Layered Terrace House with a ...

Wood is the only scalable building material that sequesters carbon, carrying the potential to aid in reducing the building industry’s significant share of carbon emissions production by 14-31%.