Dec 9, 20256 min
How I Started Building a House and Ended Up Building Software.
The story of how a gold-flake-water-drinking architect's useless napkin sketch drove a DIYer to build his own browser-based timber frame design software from scratch.
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Dec 9, 20254 min
Timber Titans: 2025’s Wooden Buildings With Big Personalities
Meet the nurturing mom, the gym-bro tower, and the anxious eco-city starring in 2025’s mass-timber soap opera.
Dec 9, 20258 min
Top 10 Timber Projects by Think Wood: What the Most Awarded Wooden Buildings of 2024 Teach Us About Excellence
From NBA training centers to university labs and iconic arenas, Think Wood’s Top 10 Timber Projects of 2024 reveal how mass timber has become the gold standard for sustainable, high-performance architecture.
Dec 9, 20259 min
From Rustic Cabin to Massive Stadium: The Spectacular Evolution of Timber Structures
Once used for small cabins and barns, timber now supports massive stadiums, skyscrapers, and research centers. This is the story of how wood became one of the most advanced structural materials on Earth.
Dec 9, 20259 min
Expo Osaka 2025: How Sou Fujimoto Built the World’s Largest Wooden Structure
At Expo Osaka 2025, architect Sou Fujimoto unveiled the Grand Ring — a record-breaking 60-meter tall circular timber megastructure. Here’s how ancient Japanese joinery, digital design and mass timber engineering made it possible.
Dec 9, 202510 min
Biophilia in Buildings: How Timber Structures Boost Wellbeing and Productivity
Modern timber buildings don’t just look good—they actively improve how we feel and perform. Discover the science behind biophilia, why real wood changes the brain, and how timber design boosts wellbeing, focus, and recovery.
Dec 9, 20257 min
From Historic Restoration to Contemporary Vision: 5 Wooden Structures That Shape the Future
Five extraordinary wooden projects prove that timber can preserve history, protect ruins, empower communities, and build the future—without losing its soul. Sven and Olaf approve.
Dec 9, 202510 min
Timber-Frame Pergola Tools and Material Planning Guide
Plan a pergola tool kit, safer cutting workflow and timber takeoff in metric or imperial units—without treating a shopping list as structural design.
Dec 9, 202510 min
Start a Timber Frame Business Under $50,000
Learn how to launch a small timber frame shop on a lean budget: tools, workspace, pricing, marketing and a first-year roadmap without going broke.
Dec 9, 20257 min
Timber Homes That Belong: How to Build Like a Local
Tired of fake chalets and cosplay cabins? Discover how modern timber homes can actually belong to their landscape instead of looking like confused tourists.
Nov 29, 20253 min
Curved Beams & Organic Shapes – The Timberframe Revolution
Curved beams, fluid shapes, and organic timberframe design taking over 2025 architecture.
Nov 28, 20255 min
When Our Ancestors Started Notching Logs: The Story of a 476,000-Year-Old Wooden Structure
Archaeologists discovered a notched wooden structure dated to 476,000 years ago — proving early hominins built the earliest known timber framing long before Homo sapiens existed.
Nov 28, 20254 min
When Wood Meets Sunlight: Why Timber Frame + Solar Panels Is Becoming the Future of Sustainable Building
Timber frame construction combined with solar panels is rapidly becoming the global standard for sustainable architecture, blending natural materials with renewable energy.
Oct 13, 20255 min
I Thought a Tape Measure Was Optional… Until My Shed Looked Like It Was Doing the Samba
A hilariously true tale of DIY timber framing gone wrong—and the tools that saved my shed (and my marriage).