Showing posts with label pompidou metz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pompidou metz. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Shigeru Ban's Centre Pomidou Metz - the process



This is an amazing project and I was very happy to discover this 50-page PDF which tells the story about the design-fabrication process from the timber fabricator's (Holzbau Amann) perspective.

Monday, February 27, 2012

The Tectonics of Timber Architecture in the Digital Age


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