Finland, laboratory to a timber-build future? Travelogue piece written in the aftermath of journeying across Finland and Sweden during February 2002, exploring Finnish wood culture, and how the Nordic forests could provide a Boreal basis for a resurgence of pan-European timber culture Unpublished
Iceland’s forests: back from millennial oblivion Iceland is replanting forests at an unprecedented rate, as part of the Northern Atlantic island’s attempts to counter Climate Change Annular Unstructured 10
Shades of Green A cultural history of Sitka Spruce by Ruth Tittensor. Book review by Bernard Planterose. In Unstructured 9
X-Box – SauerbrauchHutton’s Woodie Prefabricated Modular Design underlines the Berlin’s studio’s timber take up In Unstructured extra 9 CLT futures themed edition – 2018
X-Box – Woodie comes to Hamburg Pre-Fabricated modular design takes the next step with SauerbrauchHutton’s Woodie projectby Kerstin Kuhnekath In Unstructured extra 9 CLT futures themed edition – 2018
Graz’s Professor CLT – Gerhard Schickhofer interview In Unstructured extra 9 CLT futures themed edition – 2018 Gerhard Schickhofer was guest speaker at Fourth Door 2018 Root & Branch natural materials all-day event in London. His presentation is here.
Of forests and factories The Styrian Murau Valley source of CLT In Unstructured extra 9 CLT futures themed edition – 2018
Where is CLT Going? Taking Stock of CLT on the cusp of going global In Unstructured extra 9 CLT futures themed edition – 2018
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
Haltia’s algorithmic interior nature environment Digital architect Markus Wikar describes the design and programming required for Haltia’s wooden shell-structure, Sotkanmuna In Unstructured extra 6 – 2013– Unfinished revolution – new Finnish timber architecture themed edition