Wood
The use of wood in architecture. Wood is one of the traditional building materials in the history of architecture and construction. Wood to be used for construction work is commonly known as lumber or timber and can be divided into softwood and hardwood. Softwood comes from a coniferous tree (pine, fir, cedar). Hardwood comes from a dicotyledonous tree (oak, mahogany, cherry). Wood used in construction includes products such as glued laminated timber (glulam), laminated veneer lumber (LVL), parallam and I-joists. Wood unsuitable for construction in its native form may be broken down mechanically (into fibres or chips) or chemically (into cellulose) and used as a raw material for other building materials such as chipboard, engineered wood, hardboard, medium-density fiberboard (MDF), and oriented strand board (OSB).
Sanja Matsuri Festival
I went to Ultra Music Festival last weekend in Miami and it got me thinking about the importance of urban festivals and their contribution to the mood and personality of a city. Urban festivals serve as important urban and social generators — bringing out people in masses during special occasions to celebrate a unique element [...]
