Twelve forest houses in deep woodland from Dezeen's Pinterest
Over the last two weeks searches for "forest house" have doubled on Pinterest, so we've rounded up twelve woodland architecture projects. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest! More
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Ten significant mass-timber buildings that changed the way we think about wood
As our Timber Revolution series comes to an end, we round up the 10 significant buildings that have pushed the use of mass-timber. More
Appels Architekten prefabricates black house in rural Bavaria
Zurich studio Appels Architekten has created the Wooden House by the Lake, a home in southeast Germany with a cross-laminated timber structure and black-stained cladding. More
Sara Kulturhus Centre "unleashed a world of previously unimagined design possibilities"
The penultimate case study in our Timber Revolution series is a 20-storey mass-timber building just below the Arctic Circle – the Sara Kulturhus Centre by Swedish studio White Arkitekter. More
Dezeen In Depth explores why the sustainability of mass-timber buildings can't be taken for granted
The third edition of our monthly Dezeen In Depth newsletter features a dive into why the sustainability of mass-timber buildings can't be taken for granted. Subscribe to Dezeen In Depth now. More
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The hidden carbon impacts of getting mass timber wrong
Architects are increasingly using mass timber in the hopes of creating net-zero buildings but carbon assessments are missing key sources of potential emissions, researchers tell Dezeen in this Timber Revolution feature. More
"Mass-timber buildings can have very high carbon emissions" says Amy Leedham
Mass timber's reputation as the go-to low-carbon construction material is a problematic oversimplification that is leading to greenwashing, says carbon expert Amy Leedham in this Timber Revolution interview. More
Building tall with timber "does not make sense" say experts
As part of our Timber Revolution series, Dezeen asked mass-timber experts about the ongoing race to build ever-taller wooden buildings. More
Top 10 tallest mass-timber buildings around the world
As part of our Timber Revolution series, we have rounded up the world's 10 tallest buildings with mass-timber structures, including an engineered-wood shopping-centre extension and a carbon-negative cultural centre. More
"The approach should be to minimise the use of concrete and steel" says Lasse Lind
Mass timber could become a key tool in reducing waste from the construction industry, GXN partner Lasse Lind tells Dezeen in this interview for our Timber Revolution series. More
T3 by MGA is an office building constructed from trees killed by bugs
Our next Timber Revolution case study profiles a mass-timber office building by Michael Green Architecture, which became the first tall wooden structure in the USA when it completed in 2016. More
Mass timber "definitely not the right way to go" says Benjamin Kromoser
Mass timber will not become a mainstream building product because it uses too much wood, construction material expert Benjamin Kromoser claims in this interview for the Timber Revolution. More
Dalston Works demonstrated that "timber is a viable alternative to concrete and steel at scale"
Up next in our Timber Revolution series is a look at the Dalston Works apartment complex in London by Waugh Thistleton Architects, which is the world's largest cross-laminated timber building. More
Fire safety expert "extremely concerned" about mass-timber buildings
World-leading fire safety expert José Torero has told Dezeen he is "extremely concerned" about mass-timber buildings being constructed around the world. More
Are mass-timber buildings a fire safety risk?
Architects enthusiastic about mass timber must improve their understanding of fire safety or risk disaster, experts tell Dezeen as part of the Timber Revolution series. More
"Forests could be at the heart of our society again" says Joe Giddings
We should be aiming for the future depicted in the Timber Revolution logo with a combination of mid- and high-rise mass-timber buildings interspersed with trees, argues ACAN co-founder Joe Giddings in this interview. More
Lendlease's mass-timber tower was shipped from Austria to Australia
As we continue our Timber Revolution series, we look at Australia's first mass-timber high-rise apartment building, which was built from cross-laminated timber grown in Austria. More
Shigeru Ban's timber-skeleton Tamedia building left engineers "incredulous"
Continuing our Timber Revolution series, we look at the Tamedia Office Building by Shigeru Ban – Switzerland's first seven-storey mass-timber structure that was barely legal at the time of its completion in 2013. More
"At first we were definitely making concrete buildings out of timber" says Andrew Waugh
Architects working with mass timber must stop emulating concrete buildings by focusing on height and form, and find a new way to measure success, says expert Andrew Waugh in an interview for our Timber Revolution series. More
Mjölk Architekti creates gabled wooden headquarters for Czech timber company
Czech studio Mjölk Architekti has created a mass-timber building with a gabled solar-panelled roof for the headquarters of timber and forest management company Kloboucká lesní in the Czech Republic. More