Courtesy: HLM Arkitektur

Annular 001 – In this first Annular edition, we report from                  Norway on oil city Stavanger’s big Norwegian Wood expo, along with other massive wood highlights. Including:

Norwegian Wood,  An in-depth report from Norway’s City of Culture 2008,  Stavanger,  on its Wood City programme

Helen and Hard’s Mountain Lodge, Preskesteolen, a highlight from Norwegian Wood

Svartlamoen’s massive revolution – Trondheim’s counter-cultural community and its embrace of massive wood buildings, aided and abetted by the city’s young Brendeland & Kristoffersen Arkitekts.

A brief history of how massive wood came to Norway: The countrys’ first, recent, and its future, massive wood projects.