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#Wood in Architecture

When wood means architecture. A review of the best designs from around the world that use wood – a natural, innovative, versatile, and recyclable material













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Sculptor Laura Ellen Bacon and designer/maker Sebastian Cox talk about their collaboration with the American Hardwood Export Council, The Invisible Store of Happiness, for Clerkenwell Design Week 2015.

In a collaboration between AHEC and Benchmark for London Design Festival, Zaha Hadid commissions Gareth Neal to create 'Ves-el'; tableware made out of American white oak.

Claroscuro consists of two benches assembled from linear arrangements of tulipwood battens to explore the contrast between shade, light and form. The battens are machined in different thicknesses along their length to create a visual effect of changing density and perception.

A unique experiment between an artist and a furniture maker to challenge the versatility and properties of two exceptional hardwoods, American maple and cherry.

Norman Foster has always wanted a family of pencil sharpeners, beautifully made, and each with three sizes of sharpener. Norie Matsumoto worked with the team at Benchmark Furniture to realise this wish and has made four stunning sharpeners in American tulipwood.

A project initiated by the American Hardwood Export Council and Benchmark Furniture, The Wish List – What I have always wanted is… brings together a stellar list of architects and designers to create a compelling installation, The Wish List, which will be exhibited at the V&A during the 2014 London Design Festival

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