This book documents 25 timber houses comprehensively and in great technical detail. The examples are taken from the three categories of private homes, leisure homes and home and workplace. The individual projects show a wide spectrum with regard to size, budget and style of construction in which combinations with other materials such as stone, concrete and steel are also taken into consideration. The architecture shown here is in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, USA, Canada, China, Australia, and Brazil and was designed by renowned architects such as Mario Botta, Kengo Kuma, Baumschlager + Eberle and Philip Gumuchdjian.