Building Simply: Wooden Windows makes the case that wooden window design, handled with discipline and restraint, can achieve formal clarity through the simplest possible constructional means — a proposition tested across ten distinct design projects.
About This Book
Wooden windows occupy an underexamined space between craft tradition and contemporary architectural detailing. This compact but precise volume by carpenter and architect Judith Resch brings both perspectives to bear, presenting ten wooden window designs that share a commitment to singular concepts executed without excess. Each project is documented with technical drawings and photographs, making the construction logic legible at every stage. The range is deliberate: from retrofitting historical windows — a practical concern for anyone working with existing building fabric — to DIY design possibilities that put the work within reach of those outside conventional practice. For architects, builders, and students engaged with timber construction and sustainable material detailing, this is an unusually direct resource.
Key Features
- 44 pages of technical drawings and project photographs documenting ten wooden window designs
- Author: Judith Resch, carpenter and architect
- Published by Birkhäuser, ISBN 9783035625769
What You'll Discover
- How a singular design concept, applied with restraint, can resolve the technical and aesthetic demands of wooden window construction simultaneously
- Approaches to retrofitting historical windows that respect existing fabric while meeting contemporary performance expectations
- The possibilities of DIY wooden window design, with construction logic presented clearly enough to support independent making
- How technical drawings and photographs work together to communicate joinery detail, proportion, and assembly sequence across ten distinct projects
About the Author
Judith Resch works across the disciplines of carpentry and architecture, bringing hands-on constructional knowledge to bear on questions of design. Her practice engages the material and technical possibilities of wood as a building element, with wooden windows as a particular focus of investigation.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 44
- Dimensions: 1280 x 220 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783035625769
- Publisher: Birkhäuser
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and builders working with timber construction, heritage practitioners involved in window retrofitting, architecture and construction students, and design-minded makers interested in DIY wooden window fabrication.