Press Information: Timber Architecture with PEOPLE. PLACE. HOUSE. COMMON SENSE.

Timber construction is at the forefront of efforts to make architecture and the construction industry more sustainable. Yet simply building with timber does not, in itself, make a building sustainable. Through a selection of exemplary projects, the exhibition Timber Architecture: PEOPLE. PLACE. HOME. COMMON SENSE. explores the social, cultural, spatial and constructive qualities that make timber architecture fit for the future.

Following its first presentation at kunsthaus muerz, the exhibition is now shown at HDA – House of Architecture, where it places a stronger emphasis on international projects and is complemented by current research from Graz University of Technology. In doing so, it opens up diverse perspectives on building with timber and serves as a starting point for a broader discussion on the future of construction.

Helen & Hard was founded in Stavanger in 1996 by Norwegian Siv Helene Stangeland and Austrian Reinhard Kropf. Today, 26 employees from 10 nations work for the architecture firm based in Stavanger and Oslo. In recent years, Helen & Hard have become particularly known for sustainable timber architecture, much of which was created in collaboration with Swiss engineer Hermann Blumer.