Sustainability

The new two-storey head office of STGM Architects in Quebec City features timber in an impressive list of innovative design, construction and environmental performance applications.

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

The Residential Care Home in Graz, Austria, creates a bright, natural atmosphere through extensive wood construction.

This timber-built ticket hut and assembly point for visitors entering the National Trust property on Holy Island adds a new dimension to a 16th century experience.

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.

The Liina transitional shelter is a temporary building to be used in cold climates during crisis situations anywhere around the world.

A house celebrating the warmth, robustness and diversity of timber – including a striking grey ironbark stair, which unifies and traces the path of circulation.

Forte Living is a 10 storey apartment building made from cross laminated timber (CLT), an innovative new timber construction material.

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.

Monash University Student Housing, Clayton

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.

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.