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In 1915, the White Pine Bureau did something most industries wouldn’t think to do for another century: they hired a respected architectural editor, put serious money behind a beautifully produced publication, and sent it — free — to nearly 10,000 architects across America. That publication was the White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs. And it […] The post The White Pine Monographs: 110 Years of the Lumber Industry’s Smartest Marketing Move appeared first on NELMA.

New Hampshire Takes a Stand for American Lumber A new Senate bill is putting SPFs on the specification sheet. Here’s what the grading debate is really about — and what it means for members and builders. The wood on both sides of the border is nearly identical. The label is not. That distinction has cost […] The post The Lowercase “s” That Changed Everything: What NH’s Bill 529: means for NELMA members appeared first on NELMA.

Close your eyes. Picture a cabin in the woods. There’s a version of that cabin that lives in everyone’s imagination — raw-hewn logs, a stone fireplace, the smell of pine in the air. But the cabin has evolved. Today’s most compelling retreats pair that same love of the natural world with clean lines, open floor […] The post An Evolution and Elevation of The Classic Cabin appeared first on NELMA.

The family compound is one of architecture’s most enduring forms — not a building type so much as a philosophy of settlement. It says: we are bound to one another, and the land around us should reflect that. From the Kennedy compound at Hyannis Port to the Rockefeller Great Camps of the Adirondacks, the compound […] The post Built Together: Wood and the Architecture of the Family Compound appeared first on NELMA.

Casa CLO by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes is conceived as a lightweight timber house that threads domestic life into a pine forest on the coast of Tarragona, Spain, stepping down a steep, rocky plot with access from the lowest point. Wood is central not just as a finish, but as the project’s structural strategy. The architects […] The post Inspired by pine forests. appeared first on NELMA.

Cabin Fever is Hello Wood’s annual design-build summer school and festival, where students and young designers learn by making full-scale architecture together. In 2025 (powered by VELUX), it ran from 23–31 July 2025 in Česká Kamenice, Czechia, on the grounds of a former textile factory and wartime labor camp, using cabins and installations to explore […] The post Cabin Fever appeared first on NELMA.

NeLMA has no affiliation with this company, but we could not agree more.  This graphic hoodie gets right to the point of our last article on the importance of biophelia in architecture.     The post Human. Nature. appeared first on NELMA.

Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash The convergence of sustainability and biophilia (the idea that humans have an innate, evolutionarily rooted need to connect with living systems, natural forms, and life-like processes in order to thrive) can be traced to a distinct historical moment in the late twentieth century, when cultural, ecological, and intellectual conditions […] The post A Brief History of Biophilia and Modern Design appeared first on NELMA.

Charred wood cladding has become a major architectural trend because it offers a rare mix of beauty, durability, and low-maintenance protection. Projects like TIMM Architecture’s Inverted House show how charred timber can function as both an aesthetic shell and a resilient exterior boundary. (Designboom highlights the home’s serrated charred wood envelope as its defining street-facing […] The post Charred Lumber Performance: Eastern White Pine vs. Cedar and Other Species appeared first on NELMA.

Completed in 2024 by the French practice AT Architecture, The Very Small Housing Collective a subtle yet powerful reinterpretation of suburban housing that responds to contemporary social and environmental challenges. Located in Carry-le-Rouet on the Mediterranean coast near Marseille, this project transforms a typical 1950s detached house into a flexible, multi-unit dwelling without increasing the […] The post The Re-Use Architecture Trend presents a Compact, Intergenerational Living Solution appeared first on NELMA.