Entire church to be transported across Kiruna in Sweden – landmark 113-year-old wooden building is at risk from subsidence and will be moved 5km on giant rolling platforms architecture urban planning Article 800 words 27 votes
After a unanimous local vote in 1996, the Swedish town of Växjö became the first in the world to commit to becoming fossil fuel free urban planning architecture Article 1302 words 14 votes
Finnish sauna that was gifted to the UK after the 1948 Olympic Games has been granted Grade II-listed status architecture Article 523 words 4 votes
Urban development company Atrium Ljungberg has unveiled plans to construct the world's largest wooden neighbourhood in Stockholm urban planning architecture Link 10 votes
Is Helsinki city centre's new neighbourhood, Wood City, the future of building? Developers are increasingly swapping out concrete and steel in favour of wood. urban planning architecture Article 1369 words, published Sep 26 2022 8 votes
Open Platform and JAJA Architects construct Denmark's first wooden parking house, enabling Denmark reach its goal to become climate neutral in 2050 architecture Article 444 words 4 votes
CF Møller Architects have revealed photos of the Kajstaden Tall Timber Building, which has recently completed in the city of Västerås and is Sweden's tallest timber building architecture Article 491 words 6 votes
Copenhagen-based firm Henning Larsen Architects has proposed a low-rise neighborhood south of central Copenhagen using all-timber construction architecture Article 332 words 4 votes
From skyscraper to 'plyscraper': The towering potential of timber architecture Article 1183 words 6 votes