Commonbond Architects self-builds Gardenhide Studio using hempcrete and timber
London practice Commonbond Architects has designed and built its own studio at the end of a garden in Abbey Wood using a combination of hempcrete and timber. More
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IAAC creates mobile Moca dwelling with openable fabric facades
Students and researchers at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia have constructed a mobile home in Barcelona using wood from Collserola Natural Park. More
Studio North adds wooden screen to Calgary residence
Canadian practice Studio North has wrapped a wooden screen around the curved corners and cantilevers of a Calgary house near a winding river. More
Tono Mirai Architects encloses toilet in Japanese park with rammed earth
Japanese studio Tono Mirai Architects has used soil and wood to create Toiletowa, a curving structure in Saitama prefecture containing a public toilet that reuses wastewater. More
Work begins on timber daycare centre by Kéré Architecture in Munich
A wooden structure will be left exposed throughout this children's daycare centre at the Technical University of Munich, on which Berlin-based studio Kéré Architecture has started construction in Germany. More
MNY Arkitekter completes "down-to-earth" house for two sisters in Finland
Finnish studio MNY Arkitekter has completed Two Sisters, a timber holiday home in Salo that is designed to allow two siblings to live "together separately". More
"Strong focus on aesthetics" contributed to collapse of Norway timber bridge
An official report into the collapse of a 10-year-old mass-timber bridge in Norway in August 2022 has criticised the structure's design and construction. More
Architectural Association students use foraged wood to build "open-air laboratory"
Students from London's Architectural Association have used timber battens and foraged waste wood to build a demountable forest pavilion called Field Station. More
Timber structure defines compact bio-based home in the Netherlands
Amsterdam studio Woonpioniers has used natural materials and prefabricated elements throughout the Sprout Ruben & Marjolein house, which includes an open, greenhouse-like volume. More
Overhanging roof shelters wooden hall in Germany by Steimle Architekten
Local spruce wood is used throughout Markolfhalle Markelfingen, a multipurpose hall that architecture studio Steimle Architekten has added to the edge of a lake in Germany. More
Hetedik Műterem and Studio Konstella extend old ski lodge in Budapest
Hungarian practices Hetedik Műterem and Studio Konstella have revamped and extended the Normafa Ski Lodge restaurant in Budapest with the shingle-clad pavilion, which aims to evoke "the purity of a mountain hut". More
Norm Architects creates cedar-clad summerhouse that nods to traditional barns
A sedum roof designed to "change colours with the seasons" tops Heatherhill Beach House, a wooden holiday home burrowed among the hills on the Danish coast by local studio Norm Architects. More
Norm Architects references Japanese temples for Sjöparken retreat in Sweden
Danish studio Norm Architects has created a retreat for gastro-tourists on an old farm in Sweden, positioning seven wooden villas around a lake and using glass corridors to amplify "connections with the surroundings". More
Oslo Works perches The Hotspot sauna on coast of Norway
Wooden shingles cloak this stilted sauna, which architecture studio Oslo Works has elevated over the rocky shore of Nesodden peninsula, Norway, for the local community. More
Atelier WOA creates long timber-framed library in France
Large wooden beams frame the interiors of L'échappée, a multimedia library in France designed by local practice Atelier WOA as an alternative to "institutional and cold" public buildings. More
"Fried-egg" canopy tops Sunny Side Up extension by THISS Studio
Architecture practice THISS Studio has reconfigured the dark interior of an interwar house in east London, adding an extension characterised by timber joinery and a curved aluminium roof. More
Erling Berg creates I/O Cabin as a summer house for "inside-outside" living
Local studio Erling Berg has created a holiday home overlooking the ocean in Risør, on Norway's southern coast, which is clad in locally sourced spruce. More
Snøhetta's antler-shaped Reindeer Husbandry School takes form in Norway
Architecture studio Snøhetta has shared construction photos of Čoarvemátta, an angular educational facility nearing completion in Norway's Sápmi region. More
Studio Bower creates gabled annexe for Washington DC residence
Architecture firm Studio Bower has created a wood-clad extension for a 1940s cottage that preserves the house's charm and has interiors like a "generous treehouse". More
Lakeside mass-timber theatre in Chile features "box within a box" construction
An architecture team of Nicolás Norero, Leonardo Quinteros and Tomás Villalón has created a community theatre out of glued laminated timber along a lake's shoreline in Panguipulli, Chile. More