50 Impressive Details Using Wood

Over the course of history the unique characteristics of wood, which are dependent upon the species of the tree and the location in which it has grown, have enabled humanity to flourish in all parts of the globe. The architectural details of wooden construction therefore show a great diversity of meetings and joints, showing not only a project's constructive and structural logic, but also embodying the value and complexity of each project.

Take a look at these 50 construction details of projects that stand out for their clever use of wood.

1. Hostal Ritoque / Alejandro Soffia + Gabriel Rudolphy 

via © Gabriel Rudolphy + Alejandro Soffia

title="© Juan Durán Sierralta"
alt="© Juan Durán Sierralta"
height="125" width="125">


title="via © Gabriel Rudolphy + Alejandro Soffia"
alt="via © Gabriel Rudolphy + Alejandro Soffia"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Juan Durán Sierralta"
alt="© Juan Durán Sierralta"
height="125" width="125">


title="via © Gabriel Rudolphy + Alejandro Soffia"
alt="via © Gabriel Rudolphy + Alejandro Soffia"
height="125" width="125">

2. Whitetail Woods Regional Park Camper Cabins / HGA Architects and Engineers 

via © HGA Architects and Engineers

title="© Pete VondeLinde"
alt="© Pete VondeLinde"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Paul Crosby Photography"
alt="© Paul Crosby Photography"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Paul Crosby Photography"
alt="© Paul Crosby Photography"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Pete VondeLinde"
alt="© Pete VondeLinde"
height="125" width="125">

3. Belvedere For Koblenz / Dethier Architectures 

Courtesy of © Dethier Architectures

title="Courtesy of © Dethier Architectures"
alt="Courtesy of © Dethier Architectures"
height="125" width="125">


title="Courtesy of © Dethier Architectures"
alt="Courtesy of © Dethier Architectures"
height="125" width="125">


title="Courtesy of © Dethier Architectures"
alt="Courtesy of © Dethier Architectures"
height="125" width="125">


title="Courtesy of © Dethier Architectures"
alt="Courtesy of © Dethier Architectures"
height="125" width="125">

4. Name Observatory, Birdwatching Circuit / Mauricio Orlando Rojas Riquelme 

via © Mauricio Orlando Rojas Riquelme

title="© Mauricio O. Rojas Riquelme"
alt="© Mauricio O. Rojas Riquelme"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Mauricio O. Rojas Riquelme"
alt="© Mauricio O. Rojas Riquelme"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Mauricio O. Rojas Riquelme"
alt="© Mauricio O. Rojas Riquelme"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Mauricio O. Rojas Riquelme"
alt="© Mauricio O. Rojas Riquelme"
height="125" width="125">

5. AYC / DX Arquitectos 

via © DX Arquitectos

title="© Pablo Blanco"
alt="© Pablo Blanco"
height="125" width="125">


title="via © DX Arquitectos"
alt="via © DX Arquitectos"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Pablo Blanco"
alt="© Pablo Blanco"
height="125" width="125">


title="via © DX Arquitectos"
alt="via © DX Arquitectos"
height="125" width="125">

6. Nest We Grow / Kengo Kuma & Associates + College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley  

via © College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley + Kengo Kuma & Associates

title="via © College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley + Kengo Kuma & Associates"
alt="via © College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley + Kengo Kuma & Associates"
height="125" width="125">


title="via © College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley + Kengo Kuma & Associates"
alt="via © College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley + Kengo Kuma & Associates"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Shinkenchiku-sha"
alt="© Shinkenchiku-sha"
height="125" width="125">


title="via © College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley + Kengo Kuma & Associates"
alt="via © College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley + Kengo Kuma & Associates"
height="125" width="125">

7. Tierras Blancas House / Alberto Browne + Hernán Fontaine 

Courtesy of © Alberto Browne

title="Courtesy of © Alberto Browne"
alt="Courtesy of © Alberto Browne"
height="125" width="125">


title="Courtesy of © Alberto Browne"
alt="Courtesy of © Alberto Browne"
height="125" width="125">


title="Courtesy of © Alberto Browne"
alt="Courtesy of © Alberto Browne"
height="125" width="125">


title="Courtesy of © Alberto Browne"
alt="Courtesy of © Alberto Browne"
height="125" width="125">

8. House Zilvar / ASGK Design 

via © ASGK Design

title="© Petra Hajska"
alt="© Petra Hajska"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Petra Hajska"
alt="© Petra Hajska"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Petra Hajska"
alt="© Petra Hajska"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Petra Hajska"
alt="© Petra Hajska"
height="125" width="125">

9. BCN Re.Set - Identity Pavilion / Urbanus 

via © Urbanus

title="© Marcela Grassi"
alt="© Marcela Grassi"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Runze Hu"
alt="© Runze Hu"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Runze Hu"
alt="© Runze Hu"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Runze Hu"
alt="© Runze Hu"
height="125" width="125">

10. Wengawa House / Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates 

Courtesy of © Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates

title="Courtesy of © Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates"
alt="Courtesy of © Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates"
height="125" width="125">


title="Courtesy of © Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates"
alt="Courtesy of © Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates"
height="125" width="125">


title="Courtesy of © Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates"
alt="Courtesy of © Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates"
height="125" width="125">


title="Courtesy of © Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates"
alt="Courtesy of © Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates"
height="125" width="125">

11. Stranded House / WHALE! 

via © WHALE!

title="© Hugo Bertolotto"
alt="© Hugo Bertolotto"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Hugo Bertolotto"
alt="© Hugo Bertolotto"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Hugo Bertolotto"
alt="© Hugo Bertolotto"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Hugo Bertolotto"
alt="© Hugo Bertolotto"
height="125" width="125">

12. Jetavan / Sameep Padora & Associates 

via © Sameep Padora & Associates

title="© Edmund Sumner"
alt="© Edmund Sumner"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Edmund Sumner"
alt="© Edmund Sumner"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Edmund Sumner"
alt="© Edmund Sumner"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Edmund Sumner"
alt="© Edmund Sumner"
height="125" width="125">

13. Casa Cuidador “Hijuela El Durazno” / emA Arquitectos 

Courtesy of © Ema Arquitectos

title="Courtesy of © Ema Arquitectos"
alt="Courtesy of © Ema Arquitectos"
height="125" width="125">


title="Courtesy of © Ema Arquitectos"
alt="Courtesy of © Ema Arquitectos"
height="125" width="125">


title="Courtesy of © Ema Arquitectos"
alt="Courtesy of © Ema Arquitectos"
height="125" width="125">


title="Courtesy of © Ema Arquitectos"
alt="Courtesy of © Ema Arquitectos"
height="125" width="125">

14. Brooklyn Garden Studio / Hunt Architecture 

via © Hunt Architecture

title="© Brian Ferry"
alt="© Brian Ferry"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Brian Ferry"
alt="© Brian Ferry"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Brian Ferry"
alt="© Brian Ferry"
height="125" width="125">


title="via © Hunt Architecture"
alt="via © Hunt Architecture"
height="125" width="125">

15. Big & Small House / Anonymous Architects 

via © Anonymous Architects

title="via © Anonymous Architects"
alt="via © Anonymous Architects"
height="125" width="125">


title="via © Anonymous Architects"
alt="via © Anonymous Architects"
height="125" width="125">


title="via © Anonymous Architects"
alt="via © Anonymous Architects"
height="125" width="125">


title="via © Anonymous Architects"
alt="via © Anonymous Architects"
height="125" width="125">

16. Fiscavaig / Rural Design 

via © Rural Design

title="via © Rural Design"
alt="via © Rural Design"
height="125" width="125">


title="via © Rural Design"
alt="via © Rural Design"
height="125" width="125">


title="via © Rural Design"
alt="via © Rural Design"
height="125" width="125">


title="via © Rural Design"
alt="via © Rural Design"
height="125" width="125">

17. Hotel Hotel Lobby and Nishi Grand Stair Interior / March Studio 

via © March Studio

title="© John Gollings"
alt="© John Gollings"
height="125" width="125">


title="© John Gollings"
alt="© John Gollings"
height="125" width="125">


title="via © March Studio"
alt="via © March Studio"
height="125" width="125">


title="© John Gollings"
alt="© John Gollings"
height="125" width="125">

18. MadHouse / LIONarchitecture 

via © LIONarchitecture

title="© John Liams"
alt="© John Liams"
height="125" width="125">


title="© John Liams"
alt="© John Liams"
height="125" width="125">


title="© John Liams"
alt="© John Liams"
height="125" width="125">


title="© John Liams"
alt="© John Liams"
height="125" width="125">

19. MIMA Light / MIMA Architects 

via © MIMA Architects

title="© Jose Campos"
alt="© Jose Campos"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Jose Campos"
alt="© Jose Campos"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Jose Campos"
alt="© Jose Campos"
height="125" width="125">


title="via © MIMA Architects"
alt="via © MIMA Architects"
height="125" width="125">

20. Rambla House / LAND Arquitectos 

via © LAND Arquitectos

title="via © LAND Arquitectos"
alt="via © LAND Arquitectos"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Sergio Pirrone"
alt="© Sergio Pirrone"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Sergio Pirrone"
alt="© Sergio Pirrone"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Sergio Pirrone"
alt="© Sergio Pirrone"
height="125" width="125">

21. Casa de Madera / Estudio Borrachia 

via © Estudio Borrachia

title="© Fernando Schapochnik"
alt="© Fernando Schapochnik"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Fernando Schapochnik"
alt="© Fernando Schapochnik"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Fernando Schapochnik"
alt="© Fernando Schapochnik"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Fernando Schapochnik"
alt="© Fernando Schapochnik"
height="125" width="125">

22. Endesa Pavilion / Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) 

via © Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC)

title="© Adrià Goula"
alt="© Adrià Goula"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Adrià Goula"
alt="© Adrià Goula"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Adrià Goula"
alt="© Adrià Goula"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Adrià Goula"
alt="© Adrià Goula"
height="125" width="125">

23. Lantern Pavilion / AWP / Atelier Oslo 

via © AWP Atelier Oslo

title="© Jonas Adolfsen"
alt="© Jonas Adolfsen"
height="125" width="125">


title="via © AWP Atelier Oslo"
alt="via © AWP Atelier Oslo"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Jonas Adolfsen"
alt="© Jonas Adolfsen"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Jonas Adolfsen"
alt="© Jonas Adolfsen"
height="125" width="125">

24. Nakai Residence / DesignBuildBLUFF 

via © DesignBuildBLUF

title="© James Anderson"
alt="© James Anderson"
height="125" width="125">


title="© James Anderson"
alt="© James Anderson"
height="125" width="125">


title="© James Anderson"
alt="© James Anderson"
height="125" width="125">


title="© James Anderson"
alt="© James Anderson"
height="125" width="125">

25. Educational Building In Mozambique / Masterstudents of Bergen School of Architecture 

via © Bergen School of Architecture

title="© Tord Knapstad"
alt="© Tord Knapstad"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Ina Bakka Sem-Olsen"
alt="© Ina Bakka Sem-Olsen"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Stine Bjar"
alt="© Stine Bjar"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Sixten Rahlff"
alt="© Sixten Rahlff"
height="125" width="125">

26. Holmes - Fuentealba House / Francis Pfenniger 

via © Francis Pfenniger

title="© Carlos Hevia"
alt="© Carlos Hevia"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Carlos Hevia"
alt="© Carlos Hevia"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Carlos Hevia"
alt="© Carlos Hevia"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Carlos Hevia"
alt="© Carlos Hevia"
height="125" width="125">

27. Private Residence on Isle of Skye / Dualchas Architects 

via © Dualchas Architects

title="© Andrew Lee"
alt="© Andrew Lee"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Andrew Lee"
alt="© Andrew Lee"
height="125" width="125">


title="© Andrew Lee"
alt="© Andrew Lee"
height="125" width="125">