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Prefabricated wood units stack to create friendly interim quarters for a German middle school.

Innovation in materials and fabrication prompts an architect to reconsider how buildings are made.

The creator of the Rigorous Living Building Challenge designs his own super-sustainable dwelling.

Planned for Portland’s Pearl District, the 12-story tall wood building called Framework has been deemed “shovel ready” by municipal and state governments.

In Portland, Oregon, where locavores rule, the new Albina Yard office building by LEVER Architecture showcases regional materials and innovative construction techniques.

The new Design Building at the University of Massachusetts Amherst eschewed steel, becoming the largest academic facility made of technologically advanced timber.

Among the dozens of temporary installations erected at this summer’s weeklong Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, Tangential Dreams—an undulant timber tower designed by French architect Arthur Mamou-Mani—was a celebration of mathematics, teamwork, and free spirit.

Two striking indoor pools, by Bing Thom and HCMA, use wood in unexpected ways and provide a Vancouver suburb with new landmarks.

Herzog & de Meuron recently unveiled their concept for a new art museum, the Pritzker-winning firm’s first project in Canada, to provide a home for the expanding Vancouver Art Gallery.