The Antohi House project came with a number of challenges for the architect, designer and builder. The owner, Claudiu Antohi, wanted first and foremost a passive house on a wooden structure, secluded from the city and with an energy generation system. The house with a more special architecture was to have...
Ways of protecting wood existed long before the advent of factory-made varnishes. The ability of some materials to keep water away or to make the surface more resistant to scratching or rubbing led to their use to improve the qualities of wood. Wax...
NZEB is a building efficiency standard. From 2021, all new buildings - houses, blocks of flats, schools, kindergartens, hospitals, sports halls or auditoriums - must comply with this standard. NZEB is short for nearly zero energy building which...
The rounds of wood are obtained by cutting the log perpendicular to the center line. This is not the usual way of sawing wood because, when cut in this way, the logs almost certainly crack during drying. It is almost impossible to get a whole log without certain treatments and subterfuge. And...
Hardness is the property that divides wood species into hard (hard) and soft. It tells us how easily a particular species is machined, how resistant it is to indentation and wear, how it behaves when sanded, milled or when nails and screws penetrate/cut into it. The...
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