Engineered wood
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about engineered wood
Project • By Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos • Masterplans
ZOO SP Masterplan
Zoo SP, one of the most significant tourist and historical sites in São Paulo, underwent a Masterplan development during the competition stage by the Biselli Katchborian office, in collaboration with Robert De Paauw. The proposed intervention reimagines the current space of the complex in the Parque das Fontes do Ipiranga, which includes the Botanical Garden, the Zoo, and the Zoo Safari, into an integrated and educational environment, fostering a better understanding of the relationship between humans and nature.
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The new park concept introduced the renaming of the Botanical Garden to "Bio Flora" and the Zoo to "Bio Fauna," establishing a unified identity for these areas and promoting interaction between spaces. A centra... More
News • Detail • 20 Apr 2023
Detail: Engineered timber structure of The Black & White Building
Established in 1997 by Andrew Waugh and Anthony Thistleton, Waugh Thistleton Architects is a London-based practice that produces thoughtful and sustainable architecture and design. A leader in the use of engineered timber, the practice has built an enviable reputation in the field. Waugh Thistleton Architects had a keen interest in developing new and innovative ways of building from the outset. Its first cross-laminated timber (CLT) project was realized in 2003. Its latest, The Black & White Building, was officially opened in January 2023, twenty years later.
Ed Reeve
In a conversation with Andrew Waugh, the architect explains, with a sense of achievement, that “we have built 29 engineered timber buildings and designed b... More
Product • By Ebony and Co • Continental Oak Core Winterbock Hardwax
Continental Oak Core Winterbock Hardwax
Pre-finished by hand, this Oak has an intense deep colour treatment to achieve a natural and pure patina with blended lighter and darkers hues of brown. This finish looks great on fine graded narrower planks and parquet patterns, especially in Rift and Quartersawn with fine parellel grainflow. More
News • News • 25 Nov 2020
Natalie Dionne Architecture blends wooden house into its rugged natural surroundings
Known for their contextual approach, Natalie Dionne Architecture carefully inserted an elongated wooden house in between rock formations. Roughly 100 kilometers southeast of Montreal, Forest House is the result of a client’s wish to reconnect with nature.
Raphaël Thibodeau
To achieve a minimal footprint the structure is elevated from ground and placed parallel to a ridge. The chosen materials reflect Natalie Dionne’s desire to promote ecological use of renewable materials.
Raphaël Thibodeau
Wood is abundantly present throughout the 215 square meters home. The facades are clad with eastern white cedar pretreated to accelerate the greying process. This was done to blend the building into the rocky landscape a... More
Product • By Woodtone • ColorSelect
ColorSelect
A NO FADE limited warranty accompanies a palette of 20 beautiful colors that were selected with designers and industry leaders across North America. ColorSelect products are available on fiber cement or engineered wood in any standard lap, shakes, and panel profile. More
Product • By Woodtone • Chrometallics
Chrometallics
A luminous metallic finish on durable smooth fiber cement and engineered wood siding products. Chrometallics™ groundbreaking coating was developed in partnership with Sherwin Williams and is backed by a 15-year coating warranty in addition to the fiber cement or engineered wood substrate warranty. This metallic-look siding solution has the desired metallic brilliance and is an easy to install alternative for aluminum and metal siding. More
Product • By Woodtone • RusticSeries
RusticSeries
The natural warmth and beauty of wood on durable fiber cement and engineered wood products. More durable than vinyl siding, RusticSeries™ lap is the original two-tone composite wood grain siding option, giving you an alternative to the traditional solid color siding. Available in lap, shakes, and panels in 23 color choices with a 20-year coating warranty. More
Project • By FOX Architects • Restaurants
Interstate Hotels & Resorts
Interstate Hotels and Resorts (IHR), a hotel management company, needed a new headquarters to host their members and provide workspace for their staff. FOX Architects was challenged with providing a hospitality-centric space with many areas for collaboration. With an aggressive timeline, the design team began the project in January and IHR moved into their new space in July.
The design team developed a two-part concept centered on hospitality: “yours” and “ours.” Front-of-house spaces are designed for hosting clients, while back-of-house spaces provide work areas for staff. Rich materials and textures make each space warm and welcoming, reflecting their hotels. Engineered wood veneer, brass, and porcelain tile appea... More
Project • By Semillas Arquitectura y cooperación • Student Housing
Student Residence in Santa Elena
BACKGROUNDThe “Santa Elena Residence” project is located in Centro Poblado Santa Elena, nestled in a rural area in the central jungle of Peru. As of 2015, after the construction of the secondary school located in a strategic point in the area, access to education has been allowed for 16 neighboring communities therefore, generating an increase in students. However, the few and difficult access routes meant that students had to walk 2 to 5 hours to reach the school, confronting long and dangerous roads.
To provisionally solve the problem, the community built rooms to house students and teachers but in breach of the minimum hygiene and safety conditions. Faced with this scenario, the efforts for t... More
Project • By Space Mexico • Offices
SBI
SBI is a Family Office where there are business and social activities for the members of its families, promoting the creativity and friendship that unites them. SPACE designed a space as a result of a deep analysis of the needs of the client, inspired to create relaxed, elegant and timeless environments that evoke a sense of feeling at home but at the same time encourage work and inspire the generation of ideas that become business projects. Thus Club was born, the nerve center that functions as the heart of the project.
The different operating, support and reception areas surround Club. The operating areas were set up by family, by business unit for a better functioning of the activities. The staff areas are located in the c... More
Project • By Slee & Co. • Private Houses
Floating Dune House
The term “peace” could easily have found its origin between the Outeniqua forest and the long open Atlantic ocean, both of which are an integral part of this holiday home. An elegantly crafted box floats on top of tree tops towards the north and sensitively touches the sand dune on the south.A single level building with a large open living / dining area separates the private en-suite guest rooms to the east and the main bedroom suite to the west.
All rooms capture nature’s elements and reminds of a contemporary Knysna log cabin, with engineered wood fitted to the majority of the interior. The slow life enters upon a sea breeze through large sliding doors from the South and retires on an Outenique hill to the... More
Manoir
This range of flooring is authentically aged. The irregular signs of wear-and-tear on the surface of the wood and the soft edges recreate the emotions that usually only truly old materials can elicit. The interplay of shades between boards and the accents of colour or decolouration around the knots give these planks a completely unique character.
The reference numbers in this range go from 01 to 16, each number corresponding to a specific colour. They are all available in solid or engineered wood in thicknesses of 15mm or 20mm, with widths ranging from 12cm to 30cm. More
Project • By Yo Irie Architects • Private Houses
House in Tarumi
This site is a newly developed residential area, a high ground overlooking the sea near the city of Kobe, Japan. The development took place in recent years, and small-scale individual houses are lined up all around the neighborhood.
The house-building industry has developed significantly, and excellent technologies used in efficient insulation products, equipment with high performance coefficients, high-strength engineered wood, energy saving lighting equipment, etc. have improved the performance of houses, but rather than simply relying on such individual functions, we would like to think about structures that work better when they integrate such technologies, so the whole house can function better and smarter.
Here, whil... More
Project • By ADX Architects • Private Houses
Atrium House
DESCRIPTION
Atrium house was a response to our Client’s brief for a house of modern simplicity and good space. The architectural design of the house was based on the desire to celebrate spaciousness and create meaningful spatial relationships. The central atrium became the anchor for the house, connecting it with all the living spaces from the first to the highest level. The idea of a punctuation echoed to the façade with a patterned perforation that allowed greenery to climb and peek into the interiors of the house.
CONCEPT
The first level presented the living room as a spacious space. A lighted walkway connects the living to the open island kitchen at the back of the house. Our Clients loved these space... More
Product • By Indusparquet • Taco Reale Peroba Mica
Taco Reale Peroba Mica
Taco Reale Peroba Mica 19x100x500mm Prefinished Engineered Plywood Flooring
Engineered wood is a layered product made of an actual but thin slice of hardwood on top of a base of high-quality plywood.
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