100 Contemporary Wood Buildings

Travel the world to investigate one of the greatest renaissances in architecture: wood. How has this elemental material come to steal the show at luxury hot spring structures and cutting-edge urban renewal schemes? With 100 projects from China, Chile, and everywhere in between, this global survey explores the technical, environmental, and sensory elements that have inspired a return to timber. > From a functional tree house to inspired restaurants, this collection > instructs on the ecology of wooden construction, with plenty of eye candy for > architecture enthusiasts. - TIME