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August 2026Woodworking Network
Shaper Joins Festool Portfolio: TTS Group Unites Digital Tools for Woodworking
TTS Group has officially added Shaper Products to its portfolio, strengthening its position in the digital handheld router segment. Here’s what this means for the market and why the integration matters for mass timber.
August 2026ArchDaily
Dubai Skyscraper City Tower One: 358 Meters and a Challenge for Mass Timber
Construction of the 93-story City Tower One tower designed by Pelli Clarke & Partners has been completed in Dubai; the building entered the rental market in June 2026. This steel giant sets a height benchmark that innovative hybrid timber structures are gradually approaching.
August 2026ArchDaily
Caloz Bramois House: A New Typology for Two-Unit Housing by R2A Architectes
In Bramois, Switzerland, R2A Architectes have realized a two-unit house that abandons the standard cubic typology in favor of an “open” structure with a dense core and a free perimeter. The project explores two opposing ways of connecting with the ground—immersion and overhang.
August 2026ArchDaily
Steven Holl Architects to Renovate Historic Ida Noyes Hall at the University of Chicago
Steven Holl Architects has been selected to renovate the 111-year-old Ida Noyes Hall at the University of Chicago. The project will modernize infrastructure, improve accessibility, and create new spaces while preserving the historic character.
August 2026ArchDaily
Split Mass Residence: Splitting Volumes as a Strategy for Tropical Housing
In South Tangerang, K-Thengono Design Studio has completed a home where the building's split mass balances privacy, natural light, and ventilation, capitalizing on the corner character of the site.
August 2026ArchDaily
Labor Shortage Is Changing Architecture: From Brasília to Mass Timber Construction
The shortage of construction workers is forcing architects to rethink design approaches: prefabrication, modularity, and mass timber are emerging as the answer to the crisis. The experience of building Brasília shows how a lack of labor affects construction, while modern technologies make it possible to erect buildings faster and with fewer workers on site.
August 2026ArchDaily
Second CONTEMPORANEA Competition for Experimental Architectural Research Launches in Rome
Casa dell’Architettura announces the second edition of the CONTEMPORANEA competition (October–December 2026), inviting architects and related professionals to develop experimental projects in the Monitor P space.
August 2026ArchDaily
Timbercraft: How East Asian Traditional Architecture Reinterprets Modern Mass Timber
In 'Timbercraft: Lost Tectonics from East Asia,' architect and researcher Jae K. Kim examines nine iconic structures across 1,400 years of history in China, Japan, and Korea, showing how ancient wooden joinery systems become the foundation for today's timber technologies.
August 2026ArchDaily
House in Sherive: From a 1970s Cottage to a Permanent Residence — Renovation with Respect for History
Architect Paul Bernier has revitalized a house in the Sherive domain in Magog, Quebec, turning a former vacation cottage into a comfortable permanent family home.
August 2026ArchDaily
SEED 2026: Forum on Regenerative Architecture and Biomaterials to Be Held in Mexico
The event will bring together architects, researchers, and students to discuss new connections between territory, architecture, and regenerative systems. It is organized by the Mexican studio SEED Collective, which develops rammed-earth construction and 3D-printed structures.
August 2026ArchDaily
The El Trébol House in Patagonia: Architecture of Ascent Through the Forest
Engelman Estudio has completed the El Trébol house in Argentine Patagonia, where the ascent through dense forest becomes an architectural scenario. The project demonstrates an organic approach to landscape, characteristic of contemporary wooden-house construction in the region.
August 2026ArchDaily
Public Gallery Arte Abierto Opens in Los Cabos: A Dialogue Between Art and the Desert Coastline
New public venue Arte Abierto Baja in Los Cabos, designed by Sordo Madaleno, turns Ánima Village into a destination for contemporary art and architecture.
August 2026ArchDaily
Revival of Wooden Heritage: Renovation of Guangnan Prayer House in Guangxi
In China's Guangxi province, the renovation of the region's only wooden church — the Guangnan Prayer House — is nearing completion. The TouchGrass Architecture project combines preservation of the traditional chuandou system with modern engineering solutions, giving new life to the 1930s building.
August 2026ArchDaily
House Beneath Jeoji Oreum: Architecture Rooted in Jeju's Volcanic Landscape
a root architecture studio has presented a residential project at the foot of Jeju's volcanic cone, where architecture becomes not an object but a continuation of the place's cultural and natural layers. The project raises an important theme of carefully integrating contemporary living into the island's sensitive landscape.
August 2026ArchDaily
Arlo House in Creixell: Monolithic Geometry, Wood, and Mediterranean Light
In Spain's Creixell, architects Luis Royón Barea and Andreu Arévalo Llacer have completed Arlo House—a prismatic residence of precast concrete with interiors of exposed clay blocks and warm wood, opening onto the Mediterranean landscape.
August 2026ArchDaily
Promenade Architecture: How Le Corbusier's Principle Finds New Life in Mass Timber Construction
The concept of promenade architecturale, formulated by Le Corbusier, remains a key design tool. Today, it is being reimagined in the context of sustainable timber architecture, creating expressive movement routes and a connection with nature.
August 2026ArchDaily
Architecture of the Week: Heritage, New Cultural Spaces, and Open Data
Weekly roundup: from the renovation of historic buildings to the opening of Powerhouse Parramatta and a new open-source app for georeferenced reports — architecture extends beyond the building itself.
August 2026ArchDaily
Campus Deleers in Brussels: Europe's First Building Combining Education and Production
The SMAK Architects project transforms a former industrial wasteland along the canal in Brussels into a mixed-use district, implementing the concept of the 'Productive City'.
August 2026ArchDaily
The 'Erra Kota' House: A Red Fortress of Terracotta and Greenery in Warangal
In the historic city of Warangal, Spacefiction Studio has realized a private residence with expressive terracotta walls entwined with greenery. The project combines contemporary architecture with regional heritage and natural materials.
August 2026ArchDaily
'Alcatraz on the Hill': How Rozzol Melara Is Bringing Architecture to Mass Timber
ArchDaily tells the story of the brutalist residential complex Rozzol Melara in Trieste, with an inner courtyard of 200×200 meters. We examine why such concrete megastructures exist — and what modern timber construction offers in their place.