17Sep

WOOD - Architecture Compact

Book Review

I have a lot of books on Timber Architecture, it’s always a joy adding to the collection. In recent years there have been quite a few titles that give a whistle stop tour of selected timber buildings - Architecture Compact WOOD joins this genre. The book is indeed compact, measuring 180mm x 230mm, and so travels well - to Cornwall in my case. As you would expect, the photography is both inspiring and informative with a smattering of text in English, German and French. There are about 40 buildings to visit, primarily in Europe, from a mixture of big name architects and small studios.

The two most striking points about this book are: the number of buildings which I hadn't seen before and the number of buildings with no eaves. Particularly good to see some new work in the field, not always easy to find but certainly improving as Timber Architecture comes to the fore once more. As for the question of eaves, perhaps that is a subject for another day.

Architecture Compact WOOD is an efficient way to catch up on what’s happening in world of wooden architecture - well worth dipping into for 5 minutes, equally an hour or two.

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