Innovation

Takara School is an architect-designed, community-built pilot project to meet Vanuatu’s pressing need for school infrastructure.

As private homes go, they don’t come much more sustainable and energy efficient than the much-awarded Zen Barn in Ottawa, Canada.

Constellations is an urban garden and bar in Liverpool’s creative district, the Baltic Triangle. The 560 m2 complex hosts art and live music year in a former industrial recycling yard.

The first multi-story building designed entirely with timber materials has finally won through over strict fire regulations from the Ministry of Construction in Japan.

This timber-framed-and-clad fishing hut like no other provides secure boat and tackle storage at one of the best fly-fishing locations in Britain.

Framework is a direct adaptation of the historic small plate timber structures from Portland Oregon’s central Eastside.

The brief was for a contemporary retreat: a timber building that would sit well within its rural setting. CLT panels form the entire super structure, walls and roof of the first floor. An undulating roof mimics distant hills.

The sculptor client has built a small residence with his architect brother on the industrial site of an old sawmill , involving large moving elements and a small building footprint.

An abundance of nearby natural resources inspired the architectural solution for this high-quality social facility at the Hereford College of Technology in the UK.

Endless Stair demonstrates the unique structural properties of cross-laminated timber. Devised through modular design, it can be endlessly reconfigured for different sites and contexts.

To what extent can perceptions on a natural setting inspire a residence for city dwellers? This house in the woods addresses such question by shaping a compact refuge from a combination of different materials.

A space made of plain wood, built to a human scale, where the client can easily modify the space for their desired uses.