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Category: Recommended Reading on Timber Construction
Timber Typologies – Understanding Options for Timber Construction
Timber Typologies clears up the confusion around timber building systems and their applications.
Springer Handbook of Wood Science and Technology
Comprehensively combines fundamentals of wood science and applied technology An up-to-date summary of wood research and current industrial practise Written … More
Wood. Rethinking Material
Edited by: Architekturfakultät der Technischen Universität Graz Compiled by: Tom Kaden Volume 17 in the series GAM – Graz Architecture Magazine As an … More
Touch Wood | Material, Architecture, Future
Authors. Carla Ferrer | Thomas Hildebrand | Celina Martinez-Cañavate Design: Integral Lars Müller Wood is the building material of the … More
Carbon-based Design | LEVS Architecten
The climate goals are clear: CO₂ reduction. We can demonstrably put that into practice with carbon-based design. Designers and builders … More
Carbon-Based Design Report
(Dutch) Report by CITYFÖRSTER architecture + urbanism for Netherlands Transitieteam Circulaire Bouweconomie (RVO) Report Description: As the construction sector, we … More
Atlas Mehrgeschossiger Holzbau | Multi-Story Timber Construction
(German and English) Resource outlining the use of timber as a multi-story construction. Written by Hermann Kaufmann, Stefan Krötsch and … More
Conceptual Joining
Wood Structures from Detail to Utopia / Holzstrukturen im Experiment Description from the de publisher: This book explores experimental approaches … More
Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures | Yves Weinand
Publication of Design Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures by Professor Yves Weinand from the Laboratory of Timber Constructions, IBOIS, École Polytechnique … More
NBS Catalogue | Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience
Part of the World Banks Open Knowledge Repository, Felixx Landscape Architecture & Planners developed the Nature-Based catalog which was released … More
Crafting Wood | Structure and Expression
(English) Edited by Carmen Rist-Stadelmann, Machiel Spaan and Urs Meister Book Description: New findings on timber joints and inspiration for … More
Kigumi | The Art of Japanese Joinery
The Art of Japanese Joinery highlights the details and intricacies of wood to wood joinery found commonly in traditional Japanese … More
Holzbau mit System | Timber Construction Systems
(German) A resource outlining different building materials and systems, such as timber frame, layered structure and solid construction, and how … More
European LVL Handbook | Metsä
The European LVL handbook is the first comprehensive summary of the properties and end uses of LVL (laminated veneer lumber) … More
Architektur konstruieren | Andrea Deplazes
(German) The new edition of the handbook Systematically structured and prepared with the student in mind, the book conveys in … More
Barkow Leibinger
Spielraum “In the end Barkow Leibinger are bricoleurs as much as they are engineers. . . . There is always … More
Rethinking Wood | Markus Hudert & Svenn Pfeiffer
Timber Construction 2.0 Advances in the materials and the digitalization of architecture bring about new methods in design and construction. … More
Tomorrow’s Timber | Pablo Van der Lugt
In Tomorrow’s Timber, [by Pablo van der Lugt], new timber innovations are explored, including the materials, products, elements and complete … More
Prefabricated Systems
Building with prefabricated systems For a number of years, modular construction – the use of prefabricated elements in architecture – … More
Bauen mit Laubholz
Der weltweit boomende Holzbau und dessen rasante Entwicklung bis über die Hochhausgrenze hinaus verlangt Hochleistungswerkstoffe, die durch Laubholz möglich werden. … More
Hybridbau
Holzaußenwände Hybridbau: ökoeffizient + wirtschaftlich Hyridbau aus Stahlbeton und Holz vereint die Vorteile des Massivbaus mit denen der Holzbauweise und … More
Konstruktion und Transformation
Design and make seating furniture using wood! An experimental study project on the subject of furniture making with structural impulses lead to unexpected … More
Wood Handbook
Summarizes information on wood as an engineering material. Presents properties of wood and wood-based products of particular concern to the … More
MASS TIMBER DESIGN MANUAL
Easy to read and understand mass timber design manual. On the other hand, technical and deep knowledge includes fire resistance, structural behavior, and construction schedule. This more technical information is given via links, making an easy handle manual.
TIMBER TOWER PROJECT
Highly detail and holistic analysis of a height wood building for residential use. The Author made a deep analysis of all the variables involve in the design and provide complete drawings of the proposal. The system uses combine wood and reinforced concrete.
Rethinking Timber Buildings
ARUP makes a detailed analysis of seven wood-related topics. These topics are analyzed by providing specific information and complemented with study cases.
100 PROJECTS UK CLT
A comprehensive review of the CLT’s qualities, benefits, and performance. Clearly exemplified with UK case studies that facilitate understanding this material and its potential within the construction industry.
Timber Tower Final Report
testing report of utilizing CLT and concrete floor systems in high-rise buildings.
TALL WOOD
Detailed revision of the possibilities to build height building with wood, proposing a new system, “The Mass Timber Panel Approach”. Provides detailed analysis of the current situation, possibilities, and constructive solutions. Deep understanding, base on a holistic study case. Every representative builñding part is analyzed and detailed drawings are provided.
Tsugite: Interactive Design and Fabrication of Wood Joints
From the University of Tokyo and presented at the 2020 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) by … More
Architektur fertigen | Mario Rinke & Martin Krammer
Konstruktiver Holzelementbau Traditional timber construction is being increasingly reshaped by industrial production, and its characteristics, principles and possibilities have been … More
Joinery Handbook
The content of the Joinery Handbook is aimed at both small carpenters and students, but also at the larger companies … More
Circular Construction Materials Architecture Tectonics | CINARK
“We are in an emergency: many international experts say that we must act now, that all potential soluation must be … More
The CLT Handbook
CLT structures – facts and planning The CLT Handbook is the result of a collaboration between Swedish suppliers of cross … More
CLT | GUIDE FOR ARCHITECTS AND CONSTRUCTIONS
This manual is the result of the research “CLT in the stacked housing”, carried out by a team of architects … More
Canadian CLT Handbook
A key to success is to provide the design and construction community with the most relevant up-to-date technical information related … More
Design of timber structures Volume 2
Rules and formulas according to Eurocode 5 and EKS 9 (BFS 2013:10) including material properties. This book is intended to … More
Design of timber structures Volume 3
14 calculated practical examples with solutions. This book is intended to be used together with the books Design of timber … More
Hermann Kaufmann | Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture
Along with the “Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award 2010 Architecture Prize”, some of Kaufmann’s most important works were published … More
Building with Bamboo | Gernot Minke
Bamboo: a versatile material Traditionally a building material of hot climate zones in Asia and Latin America, bamboo is increasingly … More
Work-Place Studio Mumbai
Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Work-Place’ produced for the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010. Studio Mumbai is composed … More
Paper in Architecture | Shigeru Ban
This large-format monograph is the first to chronicle exclusively Shigeru Ban’s explorations in “paper architecture.” Informed by a thorough and … More
Timber Construction Manual
with some 600 photos and 4000 drawings and plans, the timber Construction Manual is a comprehensive and indispensable reference work … More
Wood and Wood Joints
Building Traditions of Europe, Japan and China Two millennia of wood architecture Building with wood as an ecologically viable material … More
Design of timber structures Volume 1
Structural aspects of timber construction. The book has been produced in order to ease the design work for structural engineers … More
Holzbau Raummodule
(German) Die anhaltende Urbanisierung verlangt durch den steigenden Wohnungsbedarf schnelle Bauweisen mit geringen Emissionen. Daher suchen Architekten, Investoren und Politiker … More