Our obsession with wood shingles.

We’re obsessed with this article from Architectural Digest by Kyle Hoepner, as it beautifully explores architect’s creative and practical obsession with shingles and shakes (“their brawnier, split cousins”). Memorable quotes from the article: It may be that newly...

This wooden youth hostel looks amazing.

From DesignBoom. Nestled high in the Austrian Alps, the ‘Youth Hostel Gerlos’ by Salzburg-based design firm Lechner & Lechner Architects seamlessly blends with its surrounding landscape. Designed as an eco-friendly solution for schools organizing ski trips, the...

Don’t call it a comeback.

RNZ (Radio New Zealand), has a news story out about wood being a construction industry darling when it comes to helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over high carbon materials like concrete and steel. In Switzerland, construction is underway on the world’s...