Wooden Wonders
A Decade Through Time & Mass Timber
A Decade Through Time & Timber: Visiting France’s Sensations CLT Block to Writing About Mass Timber in America (2015-2025) Author and Photos by Talking Forests It’s incredible to think back over the last decade, like what?! The evolution of mass timber construction has blown up. Candra’s journey began in 2015, researching this innovative building method…
Read MoreCapilano Suspension Bridge Park in Vancouver, Canada
Author and Photos by Talking Forests I was inspired by Molly Burke in her YouTube video called “My Guide Dog Guided Me Across A SUSPENSION Bridge!” to go to the Capilano Suspension Bridge Park. As a business owner with a Service Dog, I wondered how we could get across this bridge. Rhett, my 11-year-old border…
Read MoreBavarian Forest ~ Wooden Tree Tower
Author and Photos by Talking Forests We walked through a mile or more of woods, trees, and wooden walkways in the Bavarian National Forest also known as Baumwipfelpfad den Bayerischen Wald. These Tree Towers are closed at the moment due to COVID19 restrictions at the moment, but when they open, they will be worth a…
Read MoreTreetop Walkway on largest island in Germany, Rügen
Author and Photos by Talking Forests Baumwipfelpfad Naturerbe Zentrum Ruegen on the island of Rügen was a spiral wooden walk worth taking for the views from the bottom of the forest floor to the tree canopy to the views of the water at the top of the tower. What is the best part? Rügen is…
Read MoreAustrian Wooden Wonder Treetop Walk Salzkammergut
Author and Photos by Talking Forests Austrian Wooden Wonder Treetop Walk Salzkammergut Our Austrian adventure was amazing with wood as the theme all week. The main event was when we visited Baumwipfelpfad Salzkammergut which translates to Treetop Walk Salzkammergut, truly an Austrian Wooden Wonder. The start of our trip was in a wooden hut…
Read MoreThe Wooden Punch Buggy Beetle
Author and Photos by Talking Forests Talking Forests visited Wolfsburg, Germany to tour the Volkswagen museums. We were surprised to see a VW Beetle made of wood at the Stiftung AutoMuseum (https://www.automuseum-volkswagen.de/en.html)! The first car we owned was a 2001 VW Jetta Wolfsburg edition so naturally going to the museums was a great idea. Behold,…
Read MoreWooden Wonders: German Urbach Tower
Author and Photos by Talking Forests University of Stuttgart created a self-shaping cross-laminated-timber tower in the German town called Urbach. Talking Forests was so excited to see this wooden wonder in person. “The design of the tower emerges from a new self-shaping process of the curved wood components. This pioneering development constitutes a paradigm…
Read MoreA Wooden Tree Top Tour You Want to Do in Germany
Author and Photos by Talking Forests Would you walk on a wooden tower through the forests even if you had a fear of heights? A view looking down on the tree top walk wooden path into the German forest floor. Photo Credit: Talking Forests Baumwipfelpfad Saarschleife is a wooden tree tower walk in the Saarland region of Germany…
Read MoreFrance’s Tallest Wood Buildings to be Built on a City Block
Author and Photos by Talking Forests Bouygues Immobilier is excited to get this wooden building ready for tenants to live in. Photo Credit: Talking Forests A new block of tall buildings made of wood is planned for Strasbourg, France, and the first one is already almost finished. The Sensations building broke ground this winter, is being…
Read MoreNetherlands Wooden Tower That Will WOW You – Pompejus
Author and Photos by Talking Forests Talking Forests had the opportunity to see the Pompejus tower a week after the grand opening. Driving out to Fort de Roovere was serene and beautiful in the low morning light. Parked under a canopy of broadleaf trees that were not blooming, yet. Still, the colors of Fall on the ground. The…
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