A Century in Retrospect:Legislation and Liberation of Timber Architecture in Germany
Since the first timber architecture standard was issued in Germany in 1920,over a century has passed.Over the past century,Germany's timber architecture industry has grown and flourished under the gradually es-tablished legal framework,playing an increasingly important role in the field of architecture.This article studies the role of material grading and processing standards in promoting timber architecture design,the expression of design freedom within the constraints of fire regulations,and the challenges caused by an incomplete legal basis in the practice of reusing historical timber structures.Over the past hundred years,Germany's national develop-ment goals have shifted from rapid post-war reconstruction to sustainable development.This shift has driven the revision of German building regulations,thereby promoting the progress of modern wooden construction.Inter-preting the development path of German timber architecture from the unique perspective of legislation history is both rational and innovative.
Modern timber architectureGermanyBuilding standardsLegislationDevelopment path