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This week readers are commenting on an interview with Hermann Kaufmann about the future of timber and a wood-clad lakehouse in Chile by Izquierdo Lehmann. Read on for more and join the debate... |
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"There is a limit to renewable resources"Commenters responded to an interview with Hermann Kaufmann, as part of our Timber Revolution series, in which he argues sloppiness and misinformation are threatening to prevent large-scale wood construction from reaching its full potential. |
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"There were no genders or races when characters were blocky and yellow" |
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"His grasp of light and structure was astounding"Commenters are reacting to the news of the passing of Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly, who designed more than a hundred projects, including skyscrapers 432 Park Avenue and the Walkie Talkie. |
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"Timber will not save us and concrete will not end us"The way we build must fundamentally shift to harmonise with tree and carbon cycles to realise the Timber Revolution, wrote Smith Mordak in an opinion piece for Dezeen this week. Readers joined the debate. |
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"Cannot make up my mind about the mix, or the number, of ingredients"Commenters have mixed feelings about UK studio Charles Holland Architects' unconventional, colourful extension to a Victorian terraced house in east London. |
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"What should the expectation of wooden buildings' longevity be?"Commenters have questions about the first of our Timber Revolution case studies, which looks at an innovative, early example of mass-timber multi-storey housing, designed by HK Architekten in 1997. |
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"What value does the wrapping add?"A spiralling facade of stainless steel panels wraps this cultural centre in Japan designed by Clouds AO. Commenters are not convinced. |
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"Makes a striking form in the landscape"US studio CLB Architects has designed, according to readers, a "well detailed and well-built" cedar-clad home and barn in Wyoming for a client who love horses. |
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"Hard not to like it, lovely place"Architecture studio Line Solgaard Arkitekter has added a timber cabin to a small private island in Hvaler, Norway. Readers are in awe. |
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"Exceptional inside and out"Canadian studios Kohn Shnier and ERA Architects have renovated a historic building at the University of Toronto to make it more accessible. Commenters are hotly debating the revamp. |
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"I really love the scale, form and humble nature of the materials"Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has completed the Simonsson House in the city of Boden, Sweden. Commenters are inspired by the creativity of the project. |
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