I went to a lecture by Haiko Meijer, the founder of Onix Architecture in the Netherlands, the other night and was amazed at his use of wood. They try to use wood in ways it would not often be used, as well as build a lot of homes like barns. They actually have created their own definition of a barn which I can't quite remember now. Its something along the lines of a large building that inspires activity and has multiple uses (I hope thats right). They reinvent the barn in beautiful ways based on their definition. Above is a suspension bridge they built from acidulated wood, which is a fairly new technology making weak wood incredibly strong as well as unrecognizable to those critters that would feed on it. Pretty cool stuff.
