Why wood is back at the top of the tree for architects Architecture The Observer Why wood is back at the top of the tree for architects Strong, clean and versatile, engineered timber is the ‘new concrete’. One British early adopter, Alex de Rijke of dRMM architects, who won the 2017 Stirling prize with the company’s part-CLT rebuilding of Hastings Pier, called engineered timber the “new concrete”. Quite a lot look much like steel or concrete buildings that happen to be made of wood. If engineered timber is truly the material of the future, its architectural possibilities are only just beginning to be discovered. Lastly, in case you are worried, engineered timber buildings don’t burn easily.

Source: The Guardian January 28, 2018 07:52 UTC