Timber facade

MX_SI studio’s project has enabled the Joennimei manor in Mänttä, Finland, to be adapted to host contemporary art, respecting the identity of what was originally there while creating an architecture with modern language.

Architects: Burgos & Garrido arquitectos Location: Madrid, Spain Architects In Charge: Alberto Pieltain, Justo Fernández-Trapa Collaborators:...

Image 7 of 20 from gallery of Aalen University Extension / MGF Architekten.

Completed in 2004 in Joensuu, Finland. Images by SARC Architects. The construction of The Finnish Forest Research Institutes (METLA) new building to accommodate the Joensuu Forest Research Institutes expanding...

Image 5 of 31 from gallery of Thistle / 3DReid. Photograph by Cadzow-Pelosi

Dellekamp Schleich has created an office building in Mexico City that it says is the country's largest and tallest mass-timber structure.

Many of the houses in Tunisia are simple whitewashed but they feature amazing doors. Of course, they need to be well framed behind a nice arch. Definitely worth visiting, but not just to see the doors. For a north African country, Tunisia has a European feel, with French and Italian influences. Of course, it was also part of the Roman Empire at one stage. ***************** Food Safari tonight featured Hungarian cuisine. Hmmm... I haven't made gulyás for a long time, perhaps when the weather…

Ortner & Ortner Baukunst has created a new facility for the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin, by renovating a 1950s workshop building.

Chinese architecture studio Gad has completed a Shaoxing rice wine exhibition centre in Dongpu, China, featuring a gridded bamboo facade.

This timber cladding details post includes excerpts and details from our book Understanding Architectural Details - Residential.