The pagoda itself functions as a temple, making it a “vertical monastery” — or, as its name suggests, “The Palace of Buddha.” ...

Modern timber construction is growing at a remarkable rate in the United States and the latest significant project to ...

It was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and is an outstanding example of traditional Scandinavian wooden architecture. It brings together traces of Celtic art, Viking traditions and Romanesque ...

They disappear from our landscapes so quickly, because they burn down year after year – Stanisław Wyspiański wrote about wooden churches in a letter to his friend. Culture.pl presents ten ...

Japan's revolutionary "unburning wood" now contributes greatly to possibilities for wooden architecture. Construction of the Ring, the symbol of the Osaka, Kansai Expo to be held in 2025 As the ...

The Wood Program at Aalto University challenges students to experiment with wood and to study wood architecture and industrial construction through a hands-on, one-year program. The academic year ...

James also observes a construction company that has developed cutting-edge technology for using timber in large-scale contemporary architecture ... is famous for its wooden Japanese inns that ...

These masterpieces of wooden architecture are important not only for the history of art, since they illustrate the adaptation of Chinese Buddhist architecture and layout to Japanese culture, but also ...

The house is a private residence designed by Warsaw and Krakow-based architecture studio Przemysław Olczyk Mobius Architekci. Built in wood – a nod to the surrounding nature – and created within a ...