This Rural China Timber Library Spotlights How To Build Without Cement
China’s southeastern provinces are home to an ethnic minority known for their skill with wood. Known as the Dong, this community builds without using nails and utilizes whole tree trunks to create earthquake-proof structures that have survived for centuries. Now, alternative architectural practice Condition_Lab has created a timber children’s library in rural China that pays homage to Dong architecture. Called Pingtan Book House, the children’s library is a “new village library paradigm in China....