admin Present day Scotland includes the largest forest covered land-mass in Britain. Even so these are only the depleted remains of a once great forested country. With significant re-forestation Scotland could become much more self-sufficient both building materials and bio-mass. Reforesting Scotland’s founder member, Bernard Planterose, looks at the history and pre-history of Scotland’s ancient forests, … Read more
Brave New Re-Generation Coventry’s Herbert Gallery’s new wood-glass dia-gridshall atria is only the latest in PRS Architect’s series of pioneering engineered timber set up pieces In Annular – feature 2009
The embrace of timber: a new age in office building design Timber office design at Neals Yard Remedies, Gillingham, Dorset and the Eden Project, Cornwall Annular – A version of this piece first appeared in Building for A Future, Vol 16, no 1
Farewell to the local saw-mill The disappearance of part of the traditional timber fabric – by John Russell In Fourth Door Review 8 – 2009 – (this article is not available in Annular Archive)
Petzinka Pink’s parabolic timber hybrid Frankfurt practice revive the timber lamella for their North Rhine Westphalia State Offices in Berlin In Annular – an earlier version was for the Canadian magazine Wood Building and Wood Designalthough it wasn’t in the end published
Bridges of Thin Air Leading Swiss and Graubünden engineer Jurg Conzett on his ViaMala and other timber bridges In Fourth Door Review 8 – 2009 – themed Graubünden/Vorarlberg tale of two regions edition (this article is not available in Annular Archive)
The Enigma of Peter Zumthor An in-depth interview with Graubünden’s anti-starchitect In Fourth Door Review 8 – 2009 – themed Graubünden/Vorarlberg tale of two regions edition (this article is not available in Annular Archive)
Kaufmann Country Vorarlberg’s timber clan, including Hermann and Johannes Kaufmann In Fourth Door Review 8 – 2009 – Graubünden/Vorarlberg tale of two regions themed edition (this article is not available in Annular Archive)
Växjö: Sweden’s tall timber town Second in a two-part taller timber series looked at the Southern Swedish of Växjö, which has led the Nordic world’s drive for building up In Green Building Magazine– Autumn 2009, Vol 19, 2
Between a rock and hard place: Helen & Hard’s Mountain Lodge Preskesteilen, (Pulpit mountain path) a highlight from the City of Culture’s Norwegian Wood programme, provides Helen & Hard with their first timber showcase. In Annular – Norwegian Woodfeature section – 2009