Book on timber hybrid construction

A new addition to the CRADLE series of books is the volume ‘Hybrid Timber Building’ The 240-page book is dedicated to this sustainable and climate-friendly method of construction in which wood plays a major role, partly replacing concrete, stone, or steel. It showcases 50 projects with text, photos and plans – from a detached house to our Zeluba research building in Braunschweig.

In a joint venture, DGI Bauwerk and schneider+schumacher together planned and built a new building, completed in 2021, consisting of three building volumes. In this pioneering complex, the Fraunhofer WKI is researching and developing sustainable lightweight construction solutions for the construction industry together with the TU Braunschweig.

Wood in particular is employed as a structural, sustainable building material. The building itself thus reflects the principle of a lightweight and environmentally friendly structure, and the structural and physical advantages of timber, steel elements and precast concrete elements are combined. This results in functionally, structurally and economically optimised structures suited to a variety of requirements.

The book can be ordered from ff publishers. It costs 48 euros.