Wood. Timber Up Your Home

Wood, a natural resource available to man throughout history, has been used as a building material bringing together a wide range of characteristics that endow it with great versatility: thermal and acoustic insulation, structural material, decoration, warmth, texture and tact. The use of technology in handling this raw material has resulted in an increasing variety of products that adapts to the times and modern uses. Aspects such as hardness, weight, contraction, flexibility, color, brightness, and the smell always depend on the type of wood Today, wood is growing in sustainable forests to manufacture furniture and for large-scale building, as it is a material that does not harm the environment; it is recyclable and relatively durable. The favorable conditions of wood make it possible to build the architectural gems that this book features representing the most noteworthy recent projects. The book is organized by themes and it offers a view of current trends in the field of construction, interior decoration and design.