Architectural offices with a specialization in timber structures. The following link are general directories for architects:
- World Architects – A very ambitious collection of sites for architects worldwide (by country) (E and others)
- US Architects – Index for US architects. (E)
Europe:
Austria:
- baumschlager & eberle – An office that does excellent work with all materials, including some very innovative timber projects. Lochau/Vaduz/Wien (G,E)
- Hermann Kaufmann – Contemporary modern architecture in wood. Click on “projekte”, then choose one of the categories in the list displayed at the top of the window. Schwarzach (G)
Italy:
- Renzo Piano Building Workshop – Created some quite interesting structures and structural components in wood. (E)
Switzerland:
- Peter Zumthor – Zumthor has done some of the most widely acclaimed work in contemporary wooden architecture in Switzerland. Theoretically, there is a site www.zumthor.ch but it does not seem to work. (I)
UK:
- Foster&Partners – So far there’s only one wooden structure in their portfolio. (E)
- Waugh Thistleton – Builders of the (currently) tallest wooden building: 9 stories. (E)
Americas:
Canada:
- Bing Thom Architects – Mixed-materials and wood architecture. Vancouver, BC. (E)
- Busby + Associates – Some recent transportation and school projects in wood. Vancouver, BC. (E)
- Hughes Condon Marler – Key wood projects: West Vancouver Aquatic Center and others. Vancouver, BC (E)
USA:
- Harmony Exchange – Timber Frame Houses, Truss Systems, Log Homes. Boone, NC. (E)
- SALA Architects, Inc. – Timber Structures. Minneapolis, MN. (E)
Asia:
Australia/Oceania:
Africa:
Language of linked site: G – German, E – English, S – Spanish, P – Portuguese, F – French, I – Italian, H – Hungarian, Nl – Dutch, Fi – Finnish, Sw – Swedish, R – Russian, C – Chinese, J – Japanese, K – Korean