Joinery

Cut, fitted and pegged connections in wood.

5 entries

Verdigris metal portal leading to a courtyard with moss-covered stone walls, dark reflecting pool, and green wall plants.

Sustainability & Climate

Bayou Caravanserai: Water, Wood, and the Byzantine Echo

A conceptual exploration of how the Silk Road caravanserai typology, with its emphasis on enclosure and water features, could be reinterpreted for the unique environmental challenges of the Louisiana bayou.

4 Aug 2026

Close-up of a doorway with rammed earth walls, dark timber paneling, and a floor of polished concrete and raw earth.

ARCHITECTT Cases

Casa de Piedra: Thermal Mass and Precision Joinery in a Caribbean Fisher’s Home

Casa de Piedra, a fisherman's cottage in Cartagena, Colombia, integrates colonial thermal mass principles with precise Japanese joinery for passive climate control.

30 Jul 2026

A timber trellis with climbing ivy, a patinated copper door, and a moss-covered stone wall, from a close-up angle.

Details That Matter

Rainwater and Joinery: Japanese Machiya Hydrology in Renaissance Marrakech

Exploring the adaptive architecture of the Japanese machiya, this piece examines its advanced hydrological strategies and intricate joinery. We recontextualize these within Renaissance Marrakech to reveal cross-cultural design ingenuity.

2 Jul 2026

Modern mixed-material building facade featuring light concrete, marble, timber, and glass, from a low-angle perspective.

Future Living

Acoustic Clarity: Renaissance Echoes in Helsinki’s Modular CLT

Examining the application of Renaissance-era joinery principles within contemporary modular cross-laminated timber housing in Helsinki, focusing on its impact on acoustic comfort and the building’s auditory character.

30 Jun 2026

Wine archive with dark timber paneling and black metal racks filled with bottles, from a first-person perspective.

Transformation Logic

Kyushu in Sydney: The Subterranean Soundscape of a Wine Archive

This article explores the transformation of a cavernous Sydney space into a sophisticated subterranean wine archive, integrating Edo-period Japanese joinery techniques with cross-laminated timber for unique acoustic performance.

25 Jun 2026

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