将木材与金属、玻璃、砖块或裸露的混凝土等其他材料结合或对比使用，是建筑师和设计师在设计时越来越多选择的方式。规划者们愿意尝试的想法现在也体现在木制房屋和室内装修的色彩搭配上。本书对木材在世界各地住宅建筑中的应用进行了独特的概述，并向建筑师、室内设计师和建筑商介绍了当代木材建筑的多样性。

Wood has undergone quite an image change – as future and trend researcher Matthias Horx puts in a nutshell: “Wood is Style”. It has come out of the corner of the traditional and rustic and moved to the top of high-tech building materials. In addition to the well-known ecological and building biology aspects, innovative timber construction technology allows a great deal of design freedom, is extremely precise, and at the same time manages to enrich even very daring architecture with the factors of warmth and coziness.

Using wood in combination with or in contrast to other materials such as metal, glass, bricks or exposed concrete is an option that architects and designers are increasingly choosing for their designs. The planners’ willingness to experiment is now also evident in the color scheme of wooden houses and interiors. This publication offers a unique overview of its use for residential buildings from all over the world and introduces architects, interior designers, and builders to the diversity of contemporary timber architecture.