Timber tower

The winding and impressive Lookout Tower was designed and constructed to mark the nature reserve of Budapest and Naplás Lake. It was designed by Robert Gutowski

standing at a height of 30 meters and wrapped in rope, the viewing tower by ateliereen architecten sits in a nature reserve next to a lake allowing visitors to journey up and view a the scenic surroundings.

Image 3 of 17 from gallery of Wooden Sphere Steinberg am See / HESS TIMBER. Photograph by samucorvin.com / Corvin Oelschlaeger

Image 5 of 24 from gallery of Lookout Tower in Poznań / Toya Design. Photograph by Wojciech Andrzejewski

The Regenerative High-Rise is a concept for a modular timber tower by Haptic and Ramboll that could be used to transform tricky sites in cities worldwide.

Image 16 of 22 from gallery of 2013 AR+D Awards for Emerging Architecture Announced. Photograph by The Architectural Review

Plants and trees sprout from the modular units that make up this timber-framed high-rise, proposed by architecture firm Penda for Toronto.

robert gutowski architects' lookout tower emerges from the budapest nature reserve to immerse visitors in views of the natural landscape.

as part of bordeaux euratlantique, sou fujimoto and laisné roussel have proposed a series of timber towers that climb to a total height of 50 meters.