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6 Introduction -- <br/>14 Touched by Wood Philip Ursprung --<br/>20 The Good Partner: Designing with Wood in the New Climatic Regime Athena Yaneva -- <br/>24 From Forest to Timber -- <br/>37 Will There Be Sufficient Forests to Satisfy the Future Needs of the World? Jurgen Blaser -- <br/>42 The Forests and Trees of Central Europe -- <br/>46 The Services and Values of Forests Roland Olschewski -- <br/>52 CO2 Driver: Forest Fires -- <br/>53 Forest Clearings -- <br/>54 A Multitasker in Climate Change Esther Thurig -- <br/>58 Forest Hiding Dan Handel --<br/>62 From Timber to Architecture --<br/>74 Wood and People: A Cultural History Joachim Radkau --<br/>78 The Anatomy of Wood Thomas Volkmer -- <br/>80 Technology, Ecobalance - And Romanticism Christelle Ganne-Chedeville, Martin Geiser, Frederic Pichelin, and Peter Staub --<br/>84 Diversity as Proviso Ingo Burgert --<br/>88 Beyond Wood: A Wide Range of Bio-Based Materials for a Wide Range of Needs Edwin Zea Escamilla, Verena Goswein --<br/>92 Climate Change, Architecture, and Timber Construction --<br/>94 Touched by Fire Stephen Pyne --<br/>96 Timber Contruction in a New Dimension Charles Binck, Michael Klippel, and Andrea Frangi -- <br/>100 Connection Technologies --<br/>102 Making Innovation: Notes from the Production Hall Edyta Augustynowicz and Thomas Wehrle -- <br/>105 Research Changes Architecture Hennes Mayer and Yana Boeva -- <br/>110 Acoustic Wall -- <br/>112 Competition and Knowledge Transfer Wolfgang Schwarzmann -- <br/>114 Raw Sawn Timber: New Workflows and Expressions in Wood Architecture Yves Weinand --<br/>116 Simpler, More Efficient, More Productive Katharine Lehmann --<br/>118 The Rise of Timber Construction in Switzerland An Interview with Hermann Blumer -- <br/>120 Free Forms -- <br/>122 Timber Engineers Are Designing the Future Pirmin Jung --<br/>124 A High-Rise Building Made of Timber Beat Weiss --<br/>126 Wood: As Sensuous As It Is Suggestive Roland Zuger --<br/>130 The Matter of Building: Educating Architecture as a Material Practice Philip Tidwell -- <br/>134 System Replaces Craft Mario Rinke --<br/>138 Historical Wooden Buildings of Rural Switzerland Stefan Kunz --<br/>146 Architecture in Timber --<br/>151 Between Tradition and Innovation: On the Cultural History of Swiss Wooden House Construction Hubertus Adam --<br/>165 Swiss Timber Architecture of the Recent Past A Selection --<br/>180 Learning from "Wood People" Thomas Hildebrand --<br/>184 Canada's New Wood Culture Jim Taggart --<br/>188 Virtually an Instrument Astrid Staufer, Andres Bosshard, and Matthias Ruf --<br/>192 Pragmatism and Beauty Grafton Architects -- <br/>194 Two Timber Buildings Herzog & de Meuron -- <br/>198 Architecture Projects in Timber --<br/>254 Learning from Yusuhara Kengo Kuma --<br/>258 The Grand Shrines of Ise and Izumo: Eternal Renewal Using Ancient Trees Seng Kuan --<br/>266 Japanese Joints Wataru Kumano --<br/>268 The Future --<br/>270 2050 A Radical Utopia Markus Schaefer --<br/>272 A Plea for Patchy Architecture Helene Romakin --<br/>276 Anyone Who Wants to Build with Wood Must Call "Nature" into Question Andreas Jud and Stefan Kurath --<br/><br/>280 Inspiration in Wood --<br/>Project Table --<br/>Swiss Timber Architecture of the Recent Past A Selection -- <br/>164 Peter Zumthor, Sogn Benedetg Chapel, Sumvitg -- <br/>166 Herzog & de Meuron, Plywood House, Bottmingen -- <br/>167 Herzog & de Meuron, Apartment Building Along a Party Wall, Hebelstrasse, Basel -- <br/>168 Meili & Peter Architekten, Mursteg Footbridge, Murau -- <br/>170 Burkhalter Sumi, standardized forestry operation centers, Turbental, and Rheinau 172 -- <br/>Meili & Peter Architects with Zeno Vogel, Swiss School of Engineering for the Wood Industry, Biel/Bienne -- <br/>174 Conzett Bronzini Gartmann,Traversina Footbridge, Viamala -- <br/>176 ETH Studio, Monte Rosa Hut / Bearth & Deplazes Architekten -- <br/>178 Peter Zumthor, Swiss Pavilion at Expo 2000 in Hannover <br/>Architecture Projects in Timber -- <br/>200 Herzog & de Meuron, Chaserrugg, Unterwasser, Switzerland -- <br/>202 Ted'A Arquitectes, Ecole d'Orsonnens, Orsonnens, Switzerland -- <br/>204 Esch Sintzel, Housing Project Maiengasse, Basel, Switzerland -- <br/>206 sylla widmann architectes, Les Vergers Public School and Facilities Meyrin, Switzerland -- <br/>208 Andy Senn, St. Gallen Agricultural Center, Salez, Switzerland -- <br/>210 Gion A. Caminada, Hergiswald Inn, Obernau, Switzerland -- <br/>212 Seiler Linhart, Kiing Office Building Alpnach, Switzerland -- <br/>214 Diener & Diener, V-ZUG Zephyr-Hangar, Zug, Switzerland -- <br/>216 Harry Gugger, Hirtenweg Housing, Basel, Switzerland -- <br/>218 pool Architekten, BFH-Campus, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland -- <br/>220 Giuliani Hanger, New Construction and Renovation of the University of Applied Sciences, Chur, Switzerland -- <br/>222 Julien Boidot, Community Center, Neuvecelle, France -- <br/>224 Leclercq Associes, Jean-Baptiste Corot High School, Savigny-sur-Orge, France -- <br/>226 Innauer Matt, The Lochau Lido, Lochau, Austria -- <br/>228 Dietrich Untertrifaller, TUM Campus in the Olympic Park, Munich, Germany -- <br/>230 Peris+Toral Arquitectes, 85 Social Dwellings, Cornelia de Llobregat, Spain -- <br/>232 6a architects - Tom Emerson, Cowan Court, Cambridge, United Kingdom -- <br/>234 Vitsoe, Vitsoe HQ and Production Building, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom -- <br/>236 White Arkitekter, Sara Cultural Center, Skelleftea, Sweden -- <br/>238 Helen & Hard, The Financial Park, Stavanger, Norway -- <br/>240 Atelier Oslo and Kima Arkitektur, Pressens Hus, Oslo, Norway -- <br/>242 Michael Green Architects Wood Innovation and Design Centre, Canada -- <br/>244 Formline Architecture First Peoples House, Canada -- <br/>246 Gustavo Utrabo, Children's Village, Formoso do Araguaia, Brazil -- <br/>248 Smiljan Radic, Wooden House, Lago Colico, Chile -- <br/>250 DnA, Tofu Factory, Caizhai, China -- <br/>252 Taira Nishizawa, Tomochi Forestry Hall, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan -- <br/>Inspiration in Wood -- <br/>281 ALICE, Protostructure, Switzerland/France -- <br/>282 Junya Ishigami, Kokage-gumo-Pavillon, Japan 284 -- <br/>Adjaye Associates, Sclera-Pavillon, United Kingdom -- <br/>286 ETH Studio Tom Emerson, Pavilion of Reflections, Switzerland -- <br/>288 Jennifer Bonner, 4 Over None, USA -- <br/>290 Junya Ishigami, Home for the Elderly, Japan -- <br/>292 Elemental Architecture, KON 0-Pavillon, Chile/Italy -- <br/>295 Caries Enrich, Torre de Merola, Spain --<br/> |