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
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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
Oslotre designs timber office in Norway as a demountable "materials bank"
Norwegian consulting agency Oslotre has completed HasleTre, an office building with a timber structure that was designed to be easily disassembled and reused in the future. More
WMR Arquitectos runs wood-framed house down a Chilean cliffside
Chilean studio WMR Arquitectos has balanced a slanted wooden house with open interiors on a hillside overlooking the sea in Matanzas, Chile. More
Unemori Architects envelops existing building with Father & Son House
Japanese studio Unemori Architects has used cypress wood to create Father & Son House, an extension constructed above and around a self-built annexe in Saitama. More
Feste designs free-to-use cabins for 25 locations in southern Norway
Norwegian studio Feste Landscape/Architecture has unveiled a series of wooden cabins that can be freely used by hikers exploring the mountainous coastal landscape of Norway's Agder region. More
Built Works creates Drying Shed sauna in East Sussex woodland
Red shingles and an oversailing roof characterise this sauna, which London studio Built Works has completed in a woodland in East Sussex. More
Local cedar forms snow-cooled rice warehouse in Niigata Prefecture
Japanese studio Kei Kaihoh Architects has completed a timber-framed storage facility in Joetsu City that offers rice farmers a way to refrigerate their harvest without relying on gas or electricity. More
Bamboo will "be a major player" in future of architecture says expert Chris Matthews
The strength and availability of bamboo give it the potential to be as dominant in construction as concrete and steel, argues Atelier One engineer Chris Matthews in this interview. More
Abdalla Almulla uses palm tree trunks as columns for Dubai Design Week pavilion
Emirati architect Abdalla Almulla made the Of Palm pavilion at Dubai Design Week by using all parts of the palm tree, including ceilings constructed from woven leaf mats and palm-wood furniture. More
Thermory Design Awards names best wooden architecture projects for 2023
Promotion: a treehouse-like holiday home and a sauna on wheels are among the four wooden architecture projects named winners at the Thermory Design Awards for 2023. More
Loader Monteith adds charred-timber-clad office to brownfield site in Inverness
Scottish architecture studio Loader Monteith has designed an office with a gabled roof, along with two private residences, for mountain bike tour operator H&I Adventures on a sloping brownfield site in Scotland. More
Arsenit nestles one-legged "treehouse" in Estonian pine forest
Architecture studio Arsenit has designed Piil, a modular wood-and-steel holiday home elevated above the ground at the edge of a forest in Estonia. More
Cake Houses is an "architectural recipe" to create wooden homes in the Czech Republic
Presented at this year's Designblok festival in Prague, Cake Houses is a modular home concept that allows clients to design bespoke homes via an online configurator. More
Ingenhoven Architects tops island health resort with Europe's largest thatched roof
Architecture studio Ingenhoven Architects has created a series of buildings topped with large, overhanging thatched roofs for the Lanserhof Sylt health resort on the Germany island of Sylt. More
George Fisher creates modular social space for homeless hostel in London
Architectural designer George Fisher has created an outdoor social space for Project Malachi, a homeless hostel in London, using the modular U-Build system developed by Studio Bark. More
Kurosawa Kawara-Ten turns disused Japanese house into wood-clad office
Japanese studio Kurosawa Kawara-Ten has used local and recycled materials to transform a vacant house into a workspace named Ichihara Life and Work Commission Office. More
Construction begins on Expo 2025 Osaka masterplan by Sou Fujimoto
A circular wooden structure with a diameter of 700 metres is under construction off the coast of Japan as part of architect Sou Fujimoto's masterplan for Expo 2025 Osaka. More
Rashid Ali Architects creates chequered garden tea room in Somaliland
Somaliland- and London-based Rashid Ali Architects has created a chequered timber garden pavilion that can be illuminated as a "glowing lantern" in Hargeisa. More
Oversized red roof shelters Patagonian Shadow Cabin in France
An oversized roof and wooden structure define this pavilion by Chilean studio DRAA, which aims to bring "a piece of Patagonian shade" to Le Festival des Cabanes in France. More