Architectural Material 2 Wood

Architectural Material 2 Wood

The second in a multi-volume overview of materials in architecture focuses on wood. It includes more than 60 projects by 55 international practices, as well as brief statements from 25 architecture offices regarding their views on using this traditional material in modern buildings.

Featuring SLOT Studio, Donner Sorcinelli Architecture, Piuarch, Mork-Ulnes Architects, Keiichi Hayashi, Landinez + Rey Arquitectos, OBRA Architects, Dai Nagasaka, Moussafir Architectes Associés, OFIS arhitekti, Medir Architects, mecanoo, and many more. The diverse range of international projects includes interior, residential, housing, education, commercial, and public (urban and landscape).

About the author

Bernd Upmeyer, architect Ph.D in Urban Studies, author of the book 'Binational Urbanism - On the Road to Paradise'. Founder and editor-in-chief of the English-language, biannual magazine on urbanism MONU. Since 2012 Upmeyer and his office BOARD are part of the group, led by architecture firm STAR Stategies + architecture, that has been chosen as one of the new six teams of architects and urban planners appointed by the Atelier International Grand Paris (AIGP) to be part of the Scientific Committee for the mission: Grand Paris: pour one métropole durable.