Today we celebrate Canada Day by paying a special tribute to timber construction and Canada’s close ties with wood–as evidenced by its maple tree leaf emblem.
Canadian architects have excelled in timber design and architecture at various scales. These 15 examples of Canadian timber projects and their drawings range from temporary installations to an 8-story high-rise wooden structure building. With sustainability and precision in the details, wood continues, and will always remain, one of our favorite building materials.
Bridge House / LLAMA urban design
Swallowfield Barn / MOTIV Architects
Rope Pavilion / Kevin Erickson
Gulf Islands Residence / RUFproject
Grotto Sauna / Partisans
Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum / Teeple Architects
Wood Innovation Design Centre / Michael Green Architecture
Shooting Range in Ontario / Magma Architecture
The “Blanche” Chalet / ACDF Architecture
Elevate / DBR | Design Build Research
University of British Columbia Engineering Student Centre / Urban Arts Architecture
The Bear Stand / Bohlin Grauman Miller + Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
The Sisters House / Anik Péloquin architecte
Mount-Royal Kiosks / Atelier Urban Face
Pause / DBR | Design Build Research