
Wood: The Latest Architecture and News
Gunnar's House / Huus Og Heim Arkitektur
House On Punkinville Road / Norelius Studio

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Architects: Norelius Studio
- Area: 2464 m²
- Year: 2008
Chapel House / Martin Mutschlechner & Barbara Lanz
ESCLISE Mobile Design Home / Arhitektu Birojs Arhiidea
Fortress House / ITN Architects
Walnut Creek Wetland Center / Frank Harmon Architect
Oxelösund Marina / YAJ Arkitekter
Restaurant at Greenville / DSA+s
Passive House / Karawitz Architecture

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Architects: Karawitz Architecture
- Area: 177 m²
- Year: 2009
AD Classics: Villa Mairea / Alvar Aalto

A collage of materials amongst the trunks of countless birch trees in the Finnish landscape, the Villa Mairea built by Alvar Aalto in 1939 is a significant dwelling that marks a transition from traditional to modern architecture. Built as a guest house and rural retreat for Harry and Maire Gullichsen, Aalto was given permission to experiment with his thoughts and styles, which becomes clear when studying the strangely cohesive residence.
House in Lo Curro / Martin Schmidt Radic Arquitectos Asociados
Brittlebush / Simon De Aguero

Brittlebush was developed as a design-build experience for Simón De Agüero, graduate student, designer, and project manager. The design is an experimental desert dwelling for winter residents at Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. Simón envisioned the design to be an open-air living space with protective roof and walls for the sleeping area.
Approximately 90% of the steel in the project was salvaged from the school scrap yard; 100% of the rammed earth for the walls was from the school property; 100% of the wood used for the formwork was salvaged from onsite renovation waste.
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Architect: Simon De Aguero Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, United States Assistant Project Manager: Erik Krautbauer Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Simon de Aguero & Saskia Jorda






























