How can the built environment become a force for ecological regeneration? In Regenerative by Design, David Cheshire explores practical strategies for designing buildings and cities that contribute positively to their surroundings. The book offers actionable insights for professionals looking to create net-positive impacts.
Category: Recommended Reading on Timber Construction
Regenerative Structural Design | Oliver Broadbent & James Norman
The article explores using material circularity, embodied carbon reduction, and nature-inspired engineering frameworks to align structural design with ecological regeneration.
Doughnut for Urban Development – A manual
Applying doughnut economics to urban development, our Manual serves as a practical tool for the industry, globally inspired by successful cases in cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen. It evaluates and enhances both social and planetary sustainability, considering local and global dimensions.
Types of wood | pro: Holz
Views, characteristics and descriptions
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