The Guardian collected a series of mesmerizing timber architecture photographs from around the world. The collection includes famous architects' projects such as Renzo Piano's Jean-Marie Tjibaou cultural centre, Jörg Stamm's Three mountain, St Henry’s ecumenical art chapel, Turku, Finland, by Sanaksenaho.

From a chunky Russian dacha to Renzo Piano’s evocative turrets in the South Pacific, these inventive buildings celebrate the oldest and most malleable of construction materials. Here are a few of the finest specimens from a new book by designer William Hall – who has written tomes devoted to concrete and brick – that is, appropriately, called Wood.....Continue Reading

Top image: John Gollings/courtesy Renzo Piano and the Jean-Marie Tjibaou cultural centre

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