Douglas Fir House

Douglas Fir House from Christian Brailey
Douglas Fir House
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Reconfiguring and extending a studio flat at the rear of a converted Edwardian house, this project by Christian Brailey Architects is a celebration of the characteristics and craftsmanship of timber.
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Built: East by OGU & Donald McCrory
Built: East Pavilion
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Built: East is a public pavilion, by OGU Architects and Donald McCrory Architects, that brings together both historical and present-day manufacturing innovations of its East Belfast location.
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Wooden Annex by Tsuruta
Wooden Annex
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The Wooden Annex is a single-storey, fully timber extension to a 1950s end-of-terrace house in South London. The addition of the annex accompanied a complete refurbishment of the existing house, creating increased and improved open living space for the homeowners.
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The colour palace
The Colour Palace
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In 2019 an explosion of colour appeared on the sedate lawn of Dulwich Picture Gallery. It was the Colour Palace, a timber pavilion painted in exuberant geometric patterns and stripes in a kaleidoscope of neon colours.
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The HELIX
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The Healthcare Innovation Exchange (HELIX) Centre is a new building with a radical concept; to explore how designers might work together with clinical practitioners in an acute general hospital to improve healthcare.
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The Observatory: The Study and The Workshop
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In the summer of 2015, the idyllic shoreline of Lymington-Keyhaven Nature Reserve was home to a pair of lightweight timber cabins, known collectively as The Observatory.
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The Playing Field
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For 17 magical days in July 2014, a demountable timber theatre occupied Guildhall Square, a public open space in the heart of Southampton's cultural quarter, hosting plays as part of Southampton's arts festival ‘Art at the Heart’.
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Wood Chip Barn
The Wood Chip Barn
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Most timber used in buildings today is machined, glued and fabricated, creatingstandard products from what was a very non-standard element, a tree.
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The Dan Kemp Memorial Pavilion – 2012
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Design a timber pavilion which could be used as a shelter for a desperate marine, washed up like Robinson Crusoe on a deserted island, a structure which would be demountable and could double up as a means of transport.
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Exbury egg
The Exbury Egg
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The Exbury Egg is a giant timber pod floating on the estuary of the Beaulieu river, Hampshire, and moving up and down with the tide.
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