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Issue 4, 2014

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Raising the profile of the building’s fifth facade

Stories

Roof structures in United Kingdom, USA & Germany by Foster + partners, Shigeru Ban, Ackermann + Raff

Stories

Brooding duck watches over the forest

Haltia in Esbo, Finland by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki

Photo: Aedas
Stories

History may promote wood construction in China

Land Experience Center ni Xian, China by Aedas

Photo: Jann Lipka
Stories

Naturum Laponia was made for extreme weather

Naturum Laponia in Stora Sjöfallet, Sweden by Wingårdhs

Photo: Staffan Flodquist
Stories

Labyrinthine, surprising and Nordic

Villa Moelven in Älgö, Sweden by Widjedal Racki

Photo: Åke E:son Lindman
Knowledge

How to build board-on-board and shingle roofs

by Katarina Brandt

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Editorial

Sweden exports climate benefit

Mikael Eliasson Director, Swedish Wood

Trä meets

»Within three years, we’ll be constructing 16-storey buildings in wood«

Stefan Lindbäck Lindbäcks Bygg

Chronicles

Beliefs about wood can lead to mistakes – knowledge is safer

Tore Hansson Associate professor and och super-retiree

  • Photo: Jan Kudej
    In brief

    An escape from reality in charred wood

    Cabin in the woods in Bohemia, Czech Republic by Uhlík architekti

  • Photo: Adolf Bereuter
    In brief

    Bus stops with star quality

    Busstop in Krumbach, Austria by Mixed

  • Photo: Bharath Ramamrutham
    In brief

    The staircase that became a sculpture

    Stairs in Mumbai, India by Arquitectura en Movimiento

  • Photo: Meraner & Hauser
    In brief

    Inspiration from the Dolomites

    House Kostner in Castelrotto, Italy by Modus architects

  • Photo: BIG
    In brief

    An inverse labyrinth

    Big Maze in Washington DC, USA by BIG

  • Photo: Morten Brakestad
    In brief

    Beehive in advanced form

    Beehive in Oslo, Norway by Snøhetta

  • Photo: Kerem Sanliman
    In brief

    Tranquil islands in Azerbaijan

    Heydar Aliyev Int. Airport in Baku, Azerbadjan by Autoban

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