The Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat at Tallebudgera in southern Queensland will eventually include more than 40 treatment rooms, numerous preparation areas and relaxation zones.
The new competence centre for the Illwerke group is the first large-scale application of the principles and techniques developed in the prototype Life Cycle Tower.
Britain’s top timber design award for 2012 embraced a new 30 m pool, children’s pool, beach area, changing room building and cafe at an exclusive London club
The goal of the project was to develop a low-impact building that blended seamlessly into the surrounding natural setting and showcased the visual, renewable energy and user well-being resources.
The durability and warmth of timber supports the University of Melbourne’s model, providing a new learning landscape at the Eastern Precinct Student Centre.
For the fashion house Hermes’ 334th store worldwide, but the first on the Left Bank of Paris it chose timber and an elegant 1930s apartment building on Rue de Sevre.
The chapel’s hard, rectilinear stone and cool glass finishes are relieved and softened by ribbons of big-leaf maple veneer – visible from inside and out.
Architect Paul Haar has applied engineered timber products with elegance to address a massive structural challenge and create a warm but powerful architectural expression.