As a result, the woodlands largely vanished. Timber may be a renewable material, but architects have a responsibility to design with economy in mind. One of the proudest boasts of the Gridshell team ...

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban likes to test the limits of materials. The Pritzker Prize–winner is perhaps best known for his work with cardboard tubes, using them to quickly and inventively shelter ...

The single-storey building has a steel-framed wall and flatroofed perimeter structure which supports four timber gridshells. They are raised above the flat roof on canted kerto columns, set on steel ...

A mind-boggling number of parts and pieces clad Shigeru Ban’s new headquarters for Swatch in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Nearly 2,800 uniquely shaped facade panels cover the more than ...

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has revealed his competition-winning design for a campus of timber buildings to house the headquarters of watch brands Swatch and Omega in Biel, Switzerland. The ...

“A beautiful and technically difficult structure that pushed the envelope with a very large span of timber, high quality control and leading-edge fabrication.” – Jury The city of Taiyuan wanted to ...

...it is now! But what on earth has the world's largest timber gridshell roof got to do with England's chances of winning the 2006 World Cup? England's chances of winning the next World Cup in 2006 ...

Timber, when used appropriately, can be considered as one of the most sustainable building materials within the construction industry. It can be used to maximise a project’s sustainability credentials ...

City parks in China are seldom “just nature alone”. Most are highly-frequented leisure areas and places where cultural traditions are upheld, and it is not uncommon for high educational aspirations to ...

Architect who helped to develop the art of the timber gridshell My friend and colleague John Romer, who has died aged 68 of cancer, was a partner for 28 years at the architectural and planning ...