Uffelen, Chris van, author.

Timber homes : taking wood to new levels / Chris van Uffelen.

1st edition.

[Salenstein] : Braun Publishing, 2023.

256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 33 cm

More and more architects and builders are exploring the possibilities of a material for the construction of houses that offers unparalleled major advantages regarding design, function and ecology. Wood is a renewable building resource that impresses with its natural qualities as well as its astonishing versatility, especially given a number of new techniques, processing options, and innovations. Moreover, wooden architecture represents a promising opportunity to work towards a more CO2-neutral future.00Frank Lloyd Wright said about the world?s oldest building material that it is "universally beautiful" and "the most human of all materials", facts that are highlighted in this volume focusing on residences. The presented projects demonstrate the sheer endless possibilities of timber for architecture and interior design. From an esthetic point of view, they also show completely new ways for, but not limited to, the design of individual homes.

9783037682821 (hardback)
3037682825 (hardback)

Wooden-frame houses.
Building, Wooden.
Architecture, Domestic 21st century.
Construction en bois.
Architecture, Domestic

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