Larch, also known as tamarack, is among the hardest of the soft woods. And this larch is harder than most because it came from a thick stand of "dog-hair" timber that suppressed its growth, Wood said.

Itten+Brechbühl has developed the Sporthallenprovisorium Gloriarank in Zurich, Switzerland. The larch wood element construction is a temporary, deconstructable, reusable sports hall erected over one ...