Modern timber structures and publications about them.
Europe:
Austria
- MPreis – Amazing, modern wood architecture for shopping centres in Austria. (G)
France:
- Le Bois Avance – Sizeable collection of pamphlets on modern wood architecture. (F)
Germany:
- Infoholz – Gebaute Beispiele – Recent and EXPO 2000 wooden buildings of various kind. Also home of the German Wood Award. (G)
- Holzbauten – Current wood structures from Holz.de. (G)
- Detail – German architecture magazine. Every few issues there is one on wood. (G,E,F)
Italy:
- Renzo Piano – Architect of the Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center and others. (E)
Switzerland:
- Traversiner Steg – Second iteration of a wood bridge in the Viamala region. Amazing structure and exemplary documentation. (G)
UK:
- Downland Gridshell – Documentation of the construction process for this shell. (E)
- Stadthaus in Murray Grove – The (currently) tallest wooden building in London. (E)
- Norman Foster – Architect of the Chesa Futura in St. Moritz. (E)
- Savill Garden – Shell as entry pavillion to The Royal Landscape. (E)
- Wood Awards – British awards for wood building and furniture. Typically awarded in October. (E)
Americas:
Canada:
- CWC Building Examples – Building examples from the CWC. (E)
- CWC Case Studies – Case studies from the Canadian Wood Council. (E)
- Condominium Construction Inquiry– This is an official 1998 inquiry into the “Leaky condo” issue – building envelope failures in Vancouver, BC. (E)
- Wood Design Awards – Home of the North American Wood Design Awards. (E,F)
- Wood Design Magazine – Publishes exemplary wood architecture from NA. See Magazine Rack for details. (E,F)
USA:
- APA – APA publishes a large list of case study reports of engineered wood uses. Look under publications. (E)
- Fab Prefab – The recently resuscitated prefab movement spawned this site: A collection of commercially available mostly modernist pre-fabricated houses. (E)
- Single Family Residential Construction Guide – From McVicker Associates, Half Moon Bay, CA. (E)
- Shear Wall Basics – From McVicker Associates, Half Moon Bay, CA. (E)
- This Old House – TV show companion site related to light-framing, millwork and renovation. Shows current renovation projects. (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