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University breaks timber construction record

Perth is home to the largest mass-engineered timber building in the southern hemisphere: the university complex named Boola Katitjin. Designed by local firm Lyons Architects with a length of 180 metres, the building used prefabricated elements sourced from Europe.

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Why wood is so good for us

Wood doesn’t just improve creativity and performance, it also boosts the immune system and reduces stress. The research project HOMERA based at the Technical University of Munich has supplied extensive scientific evidence here.

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A bridge to the future

As Dusseldorf’s Theodor Heuss Bridge needs a complete overhaul, the team at RKW Architektur + put their heads together – and produced a spectacular new design. It is literally packed with potential.

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A circus chooses timber construction

The new winter quarters for Circus Knie leave no doubt that a storehouse can be an attractive piece of architecture. Whereas the existing building had to be demolished after 60 years, the new timber design is expected to last much longer.

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Merging architecture with the landscape

Japanese innovator Junya Ishigami has again produced a rethink in architecture, this time with the Zaishui Art Museum. As probably the longest museum in the world, its dimensions are oriented on the surrounding natural landscape.

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Like a flowing skirt

The new Opera & Ballet Theatre in Kosovo is an avant-garde timber construction designed by Danish architectural studio Bjarke Ingels Group. It is no coincidence that this extraordinary structure conjures up images of a billowing skirt.

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Mallorca finds the solution

In a place where tourists and expats have pushed up the price of rental properties and real estate, affordable housing for locals is urgently needed. Inland Mallorca is now home to the project 54 HPP Inca, which has provided over 50 council flats that are anything but dull.

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A universal space

The architects at LUO Studio have designed a low-cost, modular timber construction system. As a prototype that adapts to suit requirements, Longfu Life Experience Center can be enlarged, downsized, or dismantled and relocated.

Interiew Mette Skjold, SLA, Sankt Kjelds Plads & Bryggervangen, Kopenhagen

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Urban forests as the future

Creating a “green bomb” at a waste incinerator and turning a roundabout into an urban jungle are just two examples of the pioneering work performed by the landscape architects at SLA. In this interview, SLA’s CEO Mette Skjold explains how our cities will look like in the future.

Windkraft Simonsfeld, Yuri Troy, Holzbau, Stampflehm, Erweiterung, Ernstbrunn, Niederösterreich

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Sustainability with wind and wood

Using a thermal activation system in connection with structural timber design works very well with rammed earth as well, as shown by the extension to the headquarters of Windkraft Simonsfeld in Lower Austria. This new build had a positive carbon footprint even during the construction phase.

Museum Bezau, Innauer Matt Architekten, Vorarlberg, Holzbau

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Local history meets contemporary timber

What happens when a rustic wooden farmhouse with an over 200-year history is given a makeover using modern timber design? An extension to Bezau Museum successfully blends old and new into an inspired attraction.

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A fire station built with wood

It is a common fear that timber buildings add fuel to the fire. A town near Hamburg has a compelling response to this concern: Reinbek Fire Services have used wood for the construction of their fire station.

Herrmann Blumer, Interview, UBM Magazin, Holzbau

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A pioneer of modern timber construction

Hermann Blumer is not only one of the world’s leading timber construction engineers, his inventiveness has also been instrumental in the growing trend towards timber construction in cities today. He talks to ubm magazine. about the international career that only really began when he had already reached retirement age.

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