Sustainability

A writer’s ‘sanctuary’, but with no specific instructions for a space where writing would take place.

Conversion of a farm dairy into one of Britain’s most highly awarded timber houses – using a previously untried solid wood and glass construction technique.

In 2000 a violent storm broke up a ship off the North West coast of the US, a wreck that had been submerged for 80 yrs presenting architects Miller/Hull Partnership of Seattle with the opportunity to use its cargo of Douglas fir in a huge home of 930 m2.

A signature stadium for the 2010 Winter Olympics featuring a huge engineered timber roof system inspired by the heron.

A striking eco-resort that embodies the essence of new and recycled timber working together to form a unique, innovative and sustainable development.

This set of three small buildings and the spaces between provides a second home for a young family within a forest clearing overlooking Golden Bay, at the top of New Zealand’s South Island.

Clare Design created an engaging, environmentally advantaged solution to a complex brief, incorporating a lightweight engineered timber structure in Library at The Dock

Archiblox lead the world with their collaborative creation of the first Carbon Positive House; sustainably sourced timber helping to minimise the embodied energy in construction.

A modern high school in Williamstown, Victoria makes use of timber to good effect as flooring, internal linings, external cladding and exposed structure.

Like so many designers from the North American West Coast, with its abundant Douglas fir and western red cedar forests, Keith Baker requires no encouragement to use timber and nor, he says, do most of his clients.

The Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat at Tallebudgera in southern Queensland will eventually include more than 40 treatment rooms, numerous preparation areas and relaxation zones.

The client’s awareness that timber can become more beautiful with time and proper maintenance enabled this deceptively simple Colombian country home to be built.