Craft

Trondheim’s vernacular waterfront warehouse tradition

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Trondheim’s vernacular waterfront warehouse tradition One of Trondheim’s most distinctive historical vernacular building types, Eileen Garmann Johnsen writes on one of the oldest, Kjøpmannsgata 27, the subject of her research and preservation project In Unstructured extra 8 – Trondheim and North West coast themed edition – 2017

Super-traditional – an interview with boat-builder Jan Godal

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Super-traditional – an interview with boat-builder Jan Godal Jan Godal, Norway’s pre-eminent traditional wood construction luminary in conversation with Martin Beverfjord about the future of vernacular and folk building in Norway In Unstructured extra 8 – Trondheim and North West coast themed edition – 2017

Hands-On learning revives a forgotten timber classic

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Hands-On learning revives a forgotten timber classic Wynstones School builds its own Belfast Truss for its new hall Annular – A version of this piece originally appeared in Green Building magazine, Vol 17, no 2

The Cult of the Gridshell

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The Cult of the Gridshell The wave of gridshells across Britain by WilkinsonEyre, Glen Howells, Edward Cullinan Architects, and others, illustrates how the singular structural form has been embraced by UK architects and engineers  Feature for Detail Green May 2013

Cluster – Anne Marie ‘O Sullivan’s art-shell basketry experiments with sweet chestnut timber

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Cluster – Anne Marie ‘O Sullivan’s art-shell basketry experiments with sweet chestnut timber Fabrica, Brighton 2012 exhibition marking the Sussex Gridshell’s the tenth anniversary. This exhibition was conceived and first developed by Fourth Door Research In Unstructured 5 – 2012 – Rewilding the Structural, Reweaving the Sculptural – Shells/Scales/Baskets/Weaves Sussex Gridshells ten years themed edition