Wooden Architecture with People. Place. Home. Mind.

Wood construction is at the heart of efforts to make architecture and the construction industry more sustainable. However, simply being “built of wood” does not make a building sustainable. The exhibition *Wood Construction: Architecture with People. Place. House. Mind.* uses selected projects to highlight the social, architectural, spatial, and structural qualities that make a wood-frame building fit for the future. Following its initial presentation at the kunsthaus muerz, the exhibition at the HDA – Haus der Architektur focuses on international projects and supplements them with current research from Graz University of Technology. In doing so, it opens up different perspectives on building with wood and serves as a starting point for discourse on the future of construction.

Wood construction is at the heart of efforts to make architecture and the construction industry more sustainable. Wood is often hailed as a carbon-storing and renewable building material and seen as the key to a sustainable transition in construction. Yet it takes more than simply “building with wood” to be sustainable. The exhibition “Wood Construction: Architecture with People. Place. House. Mind.” uses selected projects to examine the social, architectural, spatial, and structural aspects required to build in a way that is truly ecologically, economically, and socially sustainable.

In its second edition, the exhibition “Wood Construction Architecture: People. Place. House. Mind.” at the HDA focuses more closely on international projects that offer diverse responses to the challenges of building with wood. These are complemented by research projects from Graz University of Technology, which highlight current developments at the intersection of materials research, structural engineering, and construction practice. In this way, the exhibition builds on Graz and Styria’s reputation as a major hub for timber construction, wood research, and the wood-processing industry, combining regional expertise with international insights.

Exhibited Projects
New Development in the Village Center. Teufenbach. By Lendarchitektur (Klagenfurt) and Scheiberlammer Architekten (Wolfsberg)
Inhauser. Salzburg. By cs-architektur and stijn nagels architecture atelier (Salzburg)
Agricultural Center. Salez (CH). By Andy Senn (St. Gallen) CH
Matador. Vaduz (LI). By Studio Saal (Feldkirch)
Machine Hall. Irschenhausen (DE). By Florian Nagler (Munich) DE

Opening: September 16, 2026, 7 p.m.
Curator-led tour: October 3, 11 a.m.
Finissage: November 20, 2026, 7 p.m.