Wood Projects

A Multifaceted Foundation Uses Timber to Turn a Former Metalworks into an Experimental Outpost in Madrid

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400

The new branch of Fondation Daniel & Nina Carasso is a mixed-program venue that resulted from an ambitious adaptive-reuse scheme by local firms Husos and Elii.

An Elaborate Array of Wood and Aluminum-Mesh Panels Fills a Soaring Eatery in Osaka

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:15:03 -0400

Designed by Manabu Chiba, a new outpost of shabu-shabu chain Kyoto Hyōto swaps the usual shoji screens for honeycomb panels in a dazzling arrangement of heights and sizes.

GRT Architects’ Design for a Manhattan Garage-Turned-Restaurant Impresses with Extravagant Finishes

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:07:00 -0400

Housed inside a formerly derelict Midtown loading dock and garage, Mexican restaurant Limusina offers a riot of sumptuous detailing and a well-choreographed layout.

On a Sloping Site in Ontario, UUfie Extends the Roof of a Chalet to Create a Playful Retreat

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:05:17 -0500

The top priority for the clients when renovating and expanding this woodland getaway was to create a connection between the building and nature.

High in Canada’s Coast Mountains, a Scott & Scott–Designed Retreat Offers Refuge to a Family of Skiers

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

The wood-framed structure, perched atop a rocky bluff near Whistler Mountain, draws lessons from alpine architecture.

Trahan Architects Designs a Circular Hub for Interfaith Congregation at Loyola University New Orleans

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:04:00 -0500

The mass-timber Chapel of St. Ignatius and Gayle and Tom Benson Jesuit Center serves as an intimate, inclusive space on campus for worship and assembly.

2025 Architectural Record Awards Winner: Portland International Airport Main Terminal

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Learn more about the awardee in the Transportation & Infrastructure category by ZGF Architects.

WXY’s Expansion at a Prestigious Private School in New York Points to a Sustainable Future

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:21:48 -0500

The Packer Institute welcomes a nature-connected contemporary classroom annex to its architecturally varied Brooklyn Heights campus.

Leers Weinzapfel Associates Designs a Mass-Timber Education Center for an Alabama Nature Preserve

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:23:39 -0500

The new childhood learning hub at the Auburn University–owned Kreher Preserve and Nature Center blurs the boundaries between structure and landscape.

Grafton Architects’ First U.S. Building, at the University of Arkansas, is a Mass-Timber Triumph

goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:56:32 -0400

The Dublin firm's Anthony Timberlands Center demonstrates the poetic and expressive possibilities of wood construction.

In Toronto, The Well Aims for Environmental and Social Responsibility on a Grand Scale

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:23:55 -0400

The sustainable centerpiece of this immense mixed-use development, master planned by Hariri Pontarini Architects, is an innovative deep-lake-water cooling system.

Herzog & de Meuron Designs a Timber-Framed Swiss Office Building with Ambitious Sustainability Goals

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:04:00 -0400

For the net-zero emissions–aiming Hortus, the firm gamely takes on a new type of challenge (and mostly does away with carbon-intensive concrete in the process).

A Biotech Firm’s New Wood-Clad Lab Building Melds into Its Rural New Hampshire Site

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 08:34:04 -0400

Designed by Sylvia Richards, the mass-timber addition to Adimab's Lebanon campus is sensitive to the lushly forested wetland setting.

Snapshot: Dorte Mandrup’s Center for Health Offers a Timber-Clad Departure from the Norm

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:23:12 -0400

The Danish architect envisioned the Copenhagen facility, featuring an inviting central atrium, as a ‘really friendly, attractive place where people want to go.’

CookFox Transforms a 19th Century Manhattan Storehouse into a Modern Workplace

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:29:36 -0400

A historic brick and timber warehouse, once home to an infamous nightclub, gets a new lease on life.

Barkow Leibinger’s Mass-Timber Training Center Buzzes with Activity

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:18:10 -0400

A honeycomb-shaped education facility showcases modern manufacturing machinery, and the people operating it.

IAAC Students Build a Nature-Inspired ‘Cathedral’ for Robotics Near Barcelona

Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

The timber structure features branching columns and intricate joinery inside a 19th-century stable ruin, highlighting the school’s learn-by-doing approach.

Brent Buck Architects Reinvents Brooklyn Living with Mass Timber

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 23:02:19 -0500

The five-story apartment building in the Clinton Hill neighborhood wraps itself around a park-like courtyard.

Bucholz McEvoy and ZAS Create a Mass-Timber Showcase for a Toronto Environmental Agency

goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:09:00 -0500

A new home for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority embodies its mission through climate-conscious design.

Snapshot: Herrmann + Bosch Innovates Mass-Timber Parking Structure in Germany

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0500

The 350-space garage in Wendlingen, Germany, combines sustainable materials, soundproof design, and adaptability.

ARO’s Mass-Timber Visitors Center at Olana Brings a 150-Year-Old Artistic Vision Into the Present

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:42:41 -0500

The brightly hued building acts as a gateway to painter Frederic Church’s historic Hudson Valley home and his masterwork of 19th century landscape design.

Lake | Flato’s Mass-Timber Project at Trinity University Builds on the Legacy of Texas Modernism

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

The new Business and Humanities District honors O’Neil Ford’s campus design while incorporating advanced materials and systems.

ZGF’s Portland Airport Terminal Sees the Forest for the Trees

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:13:02 -0400

A verdant main terminal expansion at PDX ushers in a new era of civic-scale mass-timber construction, with sustainable forestry practices top of mind.

Lever Architecture's 843 N. Spring Street Portends a Greener Future for Los Angeles

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

Combining office and retail space, the timber-and-steel building challenges the car-centric city's status quo with transit-oriented design.

Belgium’s Meise Botanic Garden Unveils Hyperboloid Pavilion Showcasing the Possibilities of Timber

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 08:46:24 -0400

Designed by NU architectuuratelier, the complex structure takes full advantage of Kebony’s latest modified wood technology.

WoodWorks Announces 2024 Wood in Architecture Awards

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:48:07 -0400

Projects in Boston, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and beyond are recognized for embracing innovation in mass timber.

SuperBungalows, a New Cross-Laminated Timber Apartment Building, is a Los Angeles First

Thu, 23 May 2024 10:08:44 -0400

Start-up SuperLA seeks to raise the quality of rental housing in the city while finding ways to streamline its infamously cumbersome development process.

Ennead's Mass-Timber Apartment Building in Austin Pioneers ‘Productized’ Housing

goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) — Mon, 20 May 2024 09:13:17 -0400

The 24-unit complex is the first project completed by Juno, a Texas startup promoting a novel approach to construction informed by the manufacturing principles of consumer electronics.

In Seattle, Mass Timber Tackles the Workforce Housing Crunch

goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) — Mon, 06 May 2024 02:30:24 -0400

An apartment building by atelierjones leverages new building code provisions to create a scalable and sustainable model for middle-income housing.

A Timber Observatory in Barcelona Welcomes the Public to the Treetops

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:11:50 -0400

Designed and built by graduate students from the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, FLORA welcomes both forest researchers and eco-tourists.