Example of wooden architecture
Example of wooden architecture

Wooden buildings and works

Wood architecture is the section of arkitectureonweb dedicated to all those architectural and design projects that choose this material as the central element of the project. A way of building that has been continuously expanding in recent years thanks to the countless advantages it brings: energy saving, sustainability, lightness, speed of construction and good seismic and fire resistance behavior.

Architecture with wood is a form of construction that is based on the use of natural materials to create sustainable and environmentally responsible buildings. Wood offers many benefits as a renewable natural resource, including ease of processing, resistance to moisture and insects, thermal insulation and durability. Additionally, wood provides a warm, comfortable environment that encourages health and well-being.

Various types of wood such as oak, spruce or pine are used in wood architecture. Each offers different advantages in terms of aesthetics or characteristics of the final product.

The interesting thing is that this type of architecture can be used in multiple ways: from traditional load-bearing structures to modern prefabricated houses that can be built in a relatively short time.

But what are the main construction systems for building wooden buildings?

The Xlam structure: it is a massive technique which provides for the use of load-bearing elements inside the wooden buildings made up of multilayer panels, whose static behavior is similar to that of slabs.

The Block House technique, one of the first used, is a massive solution and involves the overlapping of heavy wooden elements, once trunks, stuck together.

The frame construction system is a lightweight solution that involves the construction of a load-bearing skeleton with non-load-bearing infill panels.

The Platform Frame construction system allows the construction of wooden buildings up to 4 floors high in a short period of time. The load-bearing walls are made up of wooden beams at regular intervals, closed by rigid wood or plaster-based panels.

 

A new edition of the Colosseum at the Sziget Festival. An amphitheater built out of re-usable pallets
A new edition of the Colosseum at the Sziget Festival. An amphitheater built out of re-usable pallets

The first Colosseum at the Sziget Festival was built in 2012 with the idea of using pallets, which were inspired by the pallets used for the logistics that are usually found around large events. With this system, the modules of the structure do not need to be disposed of at the end of the show, nor do they need to be numbered for reuse. This highly successful experiment has created a new category of festival venue: an architecture that is both functional and spectacular, completely different from the usual structures

Wooden shelter on the Strait of Gibraltar
Wooden shelter on the Strait of Gibraltar. Architecture conceived as a solar calendar

Spanish studio estudio eyc designs Cabanon 1005, a wooden shelter located on the magical beach between Torre de Gracia and Cabo de la Plata, on which solar inclinations define the dimensions and volumetric shapes of the project

The 48th North Landscape Hotel redefines the concept of luxury: space, privacy, sobriety and nature
The 48th North Landscape Hotel redefines the concept of luxury: space, privacy, sobriety and nature

Breitenbach Landscape Hotel offers a holistic, true ecotourism experience in Alsace, inspired by Scandinavian traditions and based on the culinary, wellness and nature immersion opportunities offered by the region. Perched on the heights of the Alsatian village of Breitenbach, Landscape Hotel 48° Nord reinterprets the traditional Scandinavian "Hytte": a place of retreat and reconnection with the wilderness

Spruce forest gives way to Suncrest Residence
Spruce forest gives way to Suncrest Residence

We are on Orca Island, Washington, and a 3000 square foot residence makes way for an old fir forest with occasional rocky glades and several small ponds

Caraccard,
Caraccard, "a raccard with character" and with its solved Rubik's Cube appearance

The Caraccard takes its name from the raccard, which in Switzerland is a wooden building typical of the Alps: breathtaking views and steep terrain are responsible for precise architectural choices in the design

Wooden house sky and lawn
Vernacular references and carbonized wooden facade. House on Lake Michigan

The house, perched on a wooded promontory on Lake Michigan, designed by Desai Chia Architecture in collaboration with Environment Architects (AOR)studio, refers to the vernacular architecture of the surrounding villages

Ovoid tree house
A tree house with a light and elegant character. A curved building with elliptical windows

Baumraum studio designed a tree house in Lower Saxony near Bremen, which proved to be a challenge for designers and craftsmen, given the client's requirements for an unusual and comfortable home for the whole family

Height games and contrasts between introverted and extroverted spaces. Three-dimensional living in the Holiday House in Bregenzerwald
Height games and contrasts between introverted and extroverted spaces. Three-dimensional living in the Holiday House in Bregenzerwald

A vacation home in Bregenzerwald, Austria. Made of solid wood and completely rebuilt on the foundations of the pre-existing house, it offers a space that is warm and welcoming but also able to connect deeply with the landscape through the large windows

House of an alpine village
House in a Slovenian alpine village. Traditional design with pure and essential lines

In Stara Fužina, an old protected alpine village in Slovenia's Triglav National Park, Skupaj arhitekti studio designs a home that focuses on tradition and reinterprets characteristic local details to capture spectacular views

Oval-shaped meeting room
Oval-shaped meeting room. Special expansion of a German company headquarters

The innovative company "Waldfabrik", a manufacturer of timeless handcrafted wooden decorations based in Freudenstadt approached Baumraum studio to carry out a unique oval-shaped expansion of their meeting and relaxation building

See-through living space that's protected by vegetation. A dynamically shaped house in Japan
See-through living space that's protected by vegetation. A dynamically shaped house in Japan

A site made uneven by the roads as they cut diagonally through it is now host to this dynamically shaped house in Aichi, Japan

Wooden residence with contemporary shapes
Wooden Residence with breathtaking views. Geometric shapes and integration in the Landscape

The clear and simple external interplay of overlapping geometric structures designed by Architettura MU seem to emerge from the steep terrain. The house is completely covered by a green roof that facilitates its integration into the landscape

Wooden structure between the trees
Structure for the collection of recyclable materials. An interplay of wooden beams for extreme lightness

Hammerer Studio designed a structure for the collection of recyclable building materials and decided to re-organise all the functions under the same roof, hence the design of the project which is nothing more than a big wooden shed

El Terreno. An urban garden designed as an area in order to educate about environmental sustainability
El Terreno. An urban garden designed as an area in order to educate about environmental sustainability

El Terreno is a garden, a community urban garden and an educational center that was started during the COVID-19 outbreak. The project was designed to stimulate interest in environmental issues in young people by also stimulating them to a closer connection with the cycles of food production and sustainable living

"What is the vernacular architecture, other than knowledge transmitted over time and translated into space?"

Casa Cóndor responds to the architectural program of receiving, hosting, cooking, and living: located in one of the valleys of Loja, Ecuador, the house takes advantage of the materials available in the area and adapts them to an architecture that responds to the needs of its users

Two tree houses in Woodnest, on the steep woodland hills around Hardangerfjord
Two tree houses in Woodnest, on the steep woodland hills around Hardangerfjord

A project where the architecture is a specific response to the topography and the conditions of the site itself. Each tree house is suspended 5-6m above the forest floor and attached by a steel collar to the trunk of a pine tree

The farming landscape of Bassano del Grappa embraces the new country house
The farming landscape of Bassano del Grappa embraces the new country house

The new residential building with a distinctly modern character fits into the agricultural landscape among the hills just a short distance from the historic center of Bassano del Grappa, a municipality in the foothills of the Veneto region

LumiPod Sauna, a luxurious cabin in the midst of nature
LumiPod Sauna, a luxurious cabin in the midst of nature

LumiPod Sauna is a sauna cabin that blends harmoniously into the landscape to offer its occupants an exceptional wellness experience connected with nature

Penthouse in triangular wood
A house in the shape of a triangular prism. Rich wood texture characterises the interior

Japanese studio aoyagi design has designed a triangular-shaped home for a couple and their child in a suburban residential area as a response to the external wind pressure that also influences the project

Residential complex covered in wood
Suites for rent in the Czech Republic. Minimalist design for discreet and timeless elegance

Ov architekti studio is building a series of apartments and suites to be rented out during holiday periods. The design includes a large continuous ground floor containing shops with a roof garden that serves as a base for the wooden buildings

wooden house roof park shed
Gabled roof and windows for a building in Lithuania. A dynamic and changeable space

Located inside a park, the project by DO Architects studio develops through simple architecture, with a gabled roof and an open space inside. A large window makes the park an integral part of the house

Japanese pavilion structure wood and cardboard Nobuko Watabiki
Art and architecture for a pavilion in Hamburg. Wooden panels arranged like a fan

Belvedere is a pavilion built in Hamburg's central park that celebrates the 30th anniversary of the partnership between the city and Osaka. Kawahara Krause Architects Studio envisions a self-supporting roof made of recycled wooden panels.

Wooden terrace with windows with white shutters
Wooden condominium in Amsterdam. Patch22 is distinguished by Sustainability and Flexibility

FRANTZEN and Architects create Patch 22 in Amsterdam, the tallest wooden condominium in the Netherlands, winner of a call for tenders that selected the proposals on the basis of the sustainability characteristics of the projects

Restyling Austin's historic public green space. The Pease Park
Restyling Austin's historic public green space. The Pease Park

Located along the banks of Shoal Creek in downtown Austin and known as the city's first park, the 84-acre Pease Park has a rich history that has always been a part of the residents' history. The first phase of rehabilitation, preservation, and enhancement of the park, completed by the architectural firm Clayton Korte in collaboration with Ten Eyck Landscape Architects and Mell Lawrence Architects, involves the southernmost tip of the park, affectionately referred to as the park's "recreational heart and cultural soul"

Restaurant between the trees
Leisure spot in the woods of Lombardy. Contemporary architecture of high iconic value

Architect Ilaria Nava's innovative project stems from a desire to design a place to rest and be in contact with nature, in the woodland setting of the Groane Regional Park, north of Milan with a high natural, vegetation and wildlife value

"Lakeside" the new building at Black Butte Ranch intended to enhance the connection with the landscape as well as guest experiences

Black Butte Ranch-an iconic resort community located near Sisters, Oregon-is at the gateway to the desert. First designed in the early 1970s, the Ranch is a vacation destination for many, and a year-round home for some. The new 15,000-square-foot building, the "Lakeside," replaces the main pool structure and revives the heart of the Ranch

Wooden pavilion for insects
Interactive Wood Pavilion in Rome. Insects create music

Wunderbugs is an interactive wooden pavilion, with sensors that collect the variations of the landscape and allow insects to modulate a musical composition, created by Francesco Lipari and Vanessa Todaro of OFL Architecture

Woodland Classrooms, portals between the familiar territory of the school and the mysterious world of the forest
Woodland Classrooms, portals between the familiar territory of the school and the mysterious world of the forest

The Woodland Classrooms project is creating a narrative that opens up imaginative interactions with the natural environment. Thanks to the uniquely shaped wooden structure rise these two new classrooms with an intimate atmosphere that prepare children for a future of autonomy and inclusion

New construction of a single-family home with in-law suite made of wood intended to be self-built
New construction of a single-family home with in-law suite made of wood intended to be self-built

A family home with an in-law suite for the grandparents, made of wood, sustainable, and self-build at least in part: this was the desire of the developers for their home on the property lot that, sloping gently to the southeast, offers a picturesque view of the surrounding pastures, forests, and houses of the village Rybí,in the Moravian-Silesian region

Fat Deer Lodge, a family home that is all about the love of the land and nature
Fat Deer Lodge, a family home that is all about the love of the land and nature

Located in Darby, Montana, the design of this 220-square-foot residence is a reflection of its owners' style, life experiences, and love of the land. From its name, Fat Deer Lodge, to its distinctive location, this is a home that tells the story of...