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01/06/2026

Simon Fraser University, Burnaby by Arthur Erickson with Geoffrey Massey and landscape by Cornelia Oberlander, 1965. A brutalist campus perched on Burnaby Mountain, designed as a single interconnected megastructure. Concrete terraces, covered walkways and cascading levels replace the traditional campus quad.



28/05/2026

Christi Auferstehung Church, Cologne by Gottfried Böhm, 1970. A sculptural brutalist concrete church with a concrete and brick interior bathed in deep red light from full height stained glass windows.



25/05/2026

Look up at the canopy next time you’re at an older Japanese train station. The structures are often decommissioned railway rails.



21/05/2026

Luce Memorial Chapel, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan by I.M. Pei and Chi-kuan Chen, 1963. One of Pei’s earliest completed works. Four curved concrete shells rise from the floor and meet at a glazed apex, with no internal columns. The diamond coffering on the walls is the same surface as the roof.



18/05/2026

Wulingshan Eye Stone Spring by Vector Architects, 2024. A silo-like hot spring bathhouse elevated on ten columns above the forest floor of Wuling Mountain, north of Beijing. Eight bush-hammered concrete lightwells pull daylight down into the bathing pools. Maximum eight people per session, so don’t all rush there at once.



Ten days across British Columbia. Forests, seed centres, factories, construction sites, finished buildings. And then thi...
15/05/2026

Ten days across British Columbia. Forests, seed centres, factories, construction sites, finished buildings. And then this: Woodrise 2025, the global mass timber conference in Vancouver. Part 5 of our Exploring Mass Timber series with is our final dispatch from BC, sitting in on talks from architects and engineers from Vancouver, Amsterdam and China, debating housing, carbon, biophilic design and the future of mass timber. https://youtu.be/a-rPJsuD0SU

Made in partnership with naturally:wood ().

14/05/2026

Kolumba Art Museum, Cologne by Peter Zumthor, 2007. Zumthor wrapped a perforated grey brick facade around the ruins of a Gothic church, a Roman archaeological site, and a 1950 chapel by Gottfried Böhm. Three layers of history held inside one building.



11/05/2026

Sayama Forest Chapel by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP, 2013. The second building at Sayama Lakeside Cemetery. A chapel that nestles among the trees, designed to frame the forest from within.



From the engineering workshop at StructureCraft to the 2010 Winter Olympics legacy of Richmond Oval, to three buildings ...
08/05/2026

From the engineering workshop at StructureCraft to the 2010 Winter Olympics legacy of Richmond Oval, to three buildings under construction pushing the limits of height, seismic resistance and sustainability, Part 4 of our Exploring Mass Timber series with shows why British Columbia leads the world in mass timber innovation. https://youtu.be/5PRVEuQ8MY4

Made in partnership with naturally:wood, with thanks to StructureCraft, Richmond Oval, Capilano University, The Hive, 837 Beatty Street and 981 Davie Street.

07/05/2026

Sayama Lakeside Cemetery Community Hall by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP, 2013. A building designed around grief. The eave sits at exactly the height of a person looking down. When you sit, the Sayama hills appear beyond the reflecting pool.



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