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.
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.
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.