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Mass Timber in the Okanagan | Exploring Mass Timber: Part 2

In Part 2 of our series with naturally:wood, we head to the Okanagan region of British Columbia, one of Canada's fastest growing regions. Best...

From Seed to Structure: How Mass Timber is Made | Exploring Mass Timber Part 1

In our new series, we are in British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, with naturally:wood to explore all things mass timber! In this first episode, we...

981 Davie St – a 17 Storey Mass Timber Building

When in Vancouver, Kevin Hui and Andrew Maynard visited projects under construction to see how mass timber technologies are being put into practice. In Vancouver’s...

Would You Live Here? Cube Houses Rotterdam. Piet Blom 1984

Cube Houses, Rotterdam by Piet Blom, 1984. Bold, decorative and completely unexpected. Somehow, people actually live here. source

St Remigius Church in Wuppertal, Germany by Fritz Schaller, 1976

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Rozet Culture House – When Ornament Came Back. Neutelings Riedijk Architects

Rozet Culture House, Arnhem by Neutelings Riedijk Architects, 2013. This isn't decoration for decoration's sake. Rozet uses mass-produced concrete elements to reintroduce ornament. Scaled,...

Wang Da Hong House, Taipei, 1953

Modernist ideas adapted through Chinese spatial traditions, climate, and ways of living — not a direct transplant from the West. An important early work...

Nordic Embassies Berlin – 5 Nation, 1 Complex

A masterclass in collective identity. Designed by Berger + Parkkinen, the site is unified by a continuous 15 meter high copper louvered facade that...

Expo Green Roof, Taipei. A former stadium reimagined as an urban farm.

What was once sports infrastructure now supports food production. An example of how cities can reuse what already exists. source

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