Abstract

Between 1936 and 1940, attention in British architectural media turned towards timber as a material for building in modern and traditional styles, stimulated by the Timber Trade Federation and its arm’s-length organisation, the Timber Development Association, and also by the desire of modern architects to try materials other than concrete. This paper describes the major events in this episode, the response of the press and the leading examples of timber buildings by leading modernists, including competition entries. It situates timber as a socially progressive material adopted by a younger generation with varied motives. This aspect of modernism was brought to an abrupt end by the shortages resulting from the Second World War, and never again achieved such prominence.

摘要

1936 年至 1940 年间，在木材贸易联合会及其附属组织木材发展协会以及现代建筑师的愿望的推动下，英国建筑媒体的注意力转向将木材作为现代和传统风格建筑的材料尝试使用混凝土以外的材料。本文描述了这一集中的重大事件、媒体的反应以及领先的现代主义者的木结构建筑的主要例子，包括参赛作品。它将木材定位为一种社会进步的材料，被具有不同动机的年轻一代采用。现代主义的这一方面因第二次世界大战造成的短缺而突然结束，并且再也没有达到如此突出的地位。