29 September 2026
An airship hangar as a blueprint for the timber engineering of tomorrow: it is the gates that make the scale of this structure immediately comprehensible.
But the real highlight of this building is not hidden behind the gates, but above them – the supporting structure made of wood. A half-timbered construction takes over the load-bearing function. The solid roof support shell merely stiffens and adopts the building physics properties. The project combines unusual spans, digital planning, industrial prefabrication and a consistent circular economy.
WoodWorks Issue – 29 Sep 2026
Welcome
Greetings from your WoodWorks team. Who doesn’t like civic buildings especially when they also serve as Grand Prix venues. Woods Bagot aim to set a new benchmark in hybrid civic and sporting infrastructure, and what’s more — mass timber is at the heart of their thinking!
The EVE Music Hall in Croatia looks to be an icon in the making – can’t wait to see the finished photos inside this magnificent space!
Bürogebäude Wood in Grenoble, Switzerland — A six-storey timber office building with branched columns, seismic reinforcement, fire-protected connections, and capacity for loads up to 100 tonnes.
This aircraft hanger uses a timber frame combining wide spans, digital planning, prefabrication, and circular design. The fact that the hangar was awarded the 2024 German Structural Engineering comes as little surprise.
29 September 2026
Albert Park Pit Building
Who doesn’t like civic buildings especially when they also serve as Grand Prix venues. Woods Bagot has been appointed to lead the architectural vision for the redevelopment of the Albert...
29 September 2026
EVE Music Hall — Croatia
This looks like an icon in the making – can’t wait to see the finished photos inside this magnificent space! The EVE Music Hall is set to become a new...
29 September 2026
Go the Swiss!
Bürogebäude Wood in Grenoble — The six-storey timber structure uses columns and beams spaced 4–6 m apart, supported on shallow concrete footings with tie-rods for seismic resistance; the eastern section...
29 September 2026
Timber engineering of tomorrow
An airship hangar as a blueprint for the timber engineering of tomorrow: it is the gates that make the scale of this structure immediately comprehensible. But the real highlight of...