A timber gridshell section is lifted into place during construction, a key step in assembling the venue’s curved wood structure. May 22, 2026 Stacked atop two precast concrete plinths at the edge of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A researcher from the University of Tokyo and a U.S.-based structural engineer developed a new computational form-finding method that could change how architects and engineers design lightweight and ...

"Submitted here is work from the Engaged Material/Phenomenal Urbanism Studio, an Advanced Research/Design Studio in Pratt’s Undergrad Architecture Program. The studio brief called on student teams to ...

Julia King, the AJ’s Emerging Woman Architect of the Year 2014, tells us about Edward Cullinan’s ‘radically simple yet technically perfect’ Downland Gridshell The AJ Buildings Library (TheAJBL.co.uk) ...

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 ...