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Dezeen.com just released an article about Norway architects Kolman Boye Architects who has completed a weekend retreat in Lillesand, Norway, with a facade made from offcuts of wooden flooring material. Architects Erik Kolman and Victor Boye, founders of Stockholm-based Kolman Boye, came up with the design after discovering that Danish flooring brand Dinesen had a large volume of […] The post Talk about nose to tail construction!  appeared first on NELMA.

RNZ (Radio New Zealand), has a news story out about wood being a construction industry darling when it comes to helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over high carbon materials like concrete and steel. In Switzerland, construction is underway on the world’s tallest residential building with a load-bearing structure in wood.  The 100-metre tall wooden […] The post Don’t call it a comeback. appeared first on NELMA.

With 31% of total global land area covered in woods, it’s no surprise that the world hosts a large collection of modern homes built in forests.  Here’s one: Dubbed “Circle Wood”, this playful home in Poland doesn’t just blend into the forest, but was inspired by it too. The home’s circular shape is informed by […] The post Playful forest home “pierced” with living trees. appeared first on NELMA.

Design Studio Hello Wood, located in Budapest, made a child’s dream come true with an airplane-shaped tiny house for her to play with her friends and family. From the DesignBoom article: “This ambitious young girl was Hello Wood’s youngest client ever, which turned into an enjoyable challenge for the team to think out of the box […] The post Jet House by Hello Wood is a childhood fantasy come true. appeared first on NELMA.

Very creative new home by Japanese Architect  UID Architects  looks to arachnids and the forests to design a wood-clad residence with unique personal space terraces according to a new article from Treehugger.com. “Spider House is a striking and uniquely composed family residence in Fukuyama. It is mainly characterized by its covered spiderweb-shaped structure/roof that extends down […] The post Spider-House: Inspired by nature. appeared first on NELMA.

This is condo a time capsule.  A 1967 condo in New York City in nearly pristine condition, right down to the wood paneling. Standard wood paneling behind the living-room sofa is flanked by custom-louvered doors and maple, which covers almost every surface in the two-bedroom apartment. Photo: Allyson Lubow for The Corcoran Group.   The post “Mad Men” Wood Paneled NY Condo For Sale ($1,795,000) appeared first on NELMA.

Architectural Digest gave interior designers Lula Galeano, Laura Hodges, and Alvin Wayne a photo of the same home office space – then asked each of them to create a design for it in their particular style, however they pleased. Three artists, one canvas, each bringing something different to the space.  Each designer took a very […] The post 3 Designers, No Client, One Small Room appeared first on NELMA.

Designboom recently featured a residential project in Germany that looks to blend old and new.  And they succeeded, in no small part to a smart infusion of – you guessed it – wood. Henning Grahn Architektur (HGA) has completed an extension for a small family house with a gable roof in Mainz, Germany. Dubbed ‘Holzbox’, the structure takes shape as […] The post Old meets New in Germany appeared first on NELMA.

“Getting to the top of any given mountain was considered much less important than how one got there,” – Jon Krakauer Japanese hotel Oyado Onn Nakatsugawa has designed an interior inspired by the experience of climbing a mountain. Tokyo-based architecture firm Naruse Inokuma unveils Oyado Onn Nakatsugawa, a timber-infused hotel located in the city of Nakatsugawa of Gifu, Japan. The design […] The post Taking biomimicry to a new level. appeared first on NELMA.