INSPIRING FUTURES

European Timber Architecture for the 21st Century

Exhibition: 16 October - 18 November, 2007

The Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World has created a dynamic exhibition of inspiring examples of contemporary European timber architecture. Twelve projects have been selected by a panel of architecture, engineering and forestry experts.

The projects chosen make enlightening and inspiring uses of timber and demonstrate the beauty and usefulness of this material. The exhibition presents work from Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Finland, the UK and Russia. The selection is intentionally diverse and includes buildings of different scales and with very different uses. These examples were assembled together to demonstrate the creative range of designers working in Europe today and show how they sustain innovative practice.

By exposing how creative, intellectual, political and regional communities shift expectations and develop new ideas and techniques, this exhibition hopes to inspire others to take up the challenge of working with this most ancient and modern material.

This exhibition was created by the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World in Exeter.

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