This is a great article for those interested in timber fabrication. The authors are some of the leading innovators in wood engineering and fabrication. An example,
Hermann Blumer and his firm
Creation Holz is recognized as one of the leading wood engineers and has worked on many very innovative projects, including recent projects like the Pompidou Metz (pho

to below) and work on the new
Aspen Art Museum (at bottom), both designed by the architect,
Shigeru Ban.