From Forest to Form: The Artistry of Wooden Architecture
Wooden architecture showcases the timeless beauty and resilience that natural materials bring to our built environment. Wood stands out for its unparalleled warmth, versatility, and strength.
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Bohicket House / Habitable Form
Harmonized on the edge of the tidal salt marsh of Bohicket Creek on Johns Island, a house was built for a young family. As a builder and an architect couple on a tight budget constraint, every decision had to be made out of utility.
Pine Residence / Salem Architecture
Salem Architecture presents the Pine Residence project, located in Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada. The project entails a significant expansion of an existing ‘King-Cottage’ style home, elegantly adapting it to meet the needs of the family.
Perucho House / Pedro Calle + El Sindicato Arquitectura
The house is located in the parish of Perucho, in the Metropolitan District of Quito. It seeks to be a refuge from urban life that allows its owner to connect with nature, as it is located in a rural environment surrounded by mountains and vegetation.
Small Wooden Pavilion / MQ Architecture
Today, on a stroll in Midtown Manhattan with Miguel Quismondo, under an unusually radiant December sun, on 242 east 52nd Street, we discovered a wonderful, small building, between party walls.
Victory Bay House by Habitable Form
Nestled in the ancient oaks on the barrier island of Kiawah rests the Victory Bay House. For Habitable Form, the design concept quickly became about nestling under the protection of the shaded oaks
K Haus, Hamburg / Asdfg Architekten
K Haus, built of solid wood on a reinforced concrete basement, pursues an open living concept with height offsets to differentiate the space, with stairs that not only serve as access, but also as lounge and play areas
House R, Albstadt, Germany / Dietrich Untertrifaller Architekten
Exposed concrete, wood and glass characterise the entire design of the house, both inside and out. Walls and ceilings are largely made of silver fir, the floors of ash.
Crescent Lake House, Maine / Briburn
The home is situated on a peninsula alongside Crescent Lake, and the design responds to the shape of the land and the opportunity for views from almost every room.
Octothorpe House by Mork-Ulnes Architects
Octothorpe House sits atop a plot blanketed with sagebrush, bitterbrush, and junipers, the site of a forest lost to wildfire two decades ago.
Hendra House, Brisbane / Wrightson Stewart
Hendra House consists of the original Post-War structure, a contemporary extension and a walkway that eases the transition between old and new.
Tuscany Retreat in Montepulciano, Italy / Mila
As luxury and comfort are hard to provide on a tree without killing the tree we’ve planned the house adjacent to the biggest tree we could find on the property – right on the edge of the Cicolina hill close to Montepulciano.