Co-edited by Jennifer Bonner and Hanif Kara, this book advances a much-needed and transformational agenda for making architecture today through a close reading of cross-laminated timber (CLT) and its material unit, the CLT blank. Both matter-of-fact and multivalent, economical and excessive, the blank has untapped potential for experimentation, innovation, and research in architecture at various scales. Blank: Speculations on CLT brings together texts and work from a range of theorists and practitioners who make CLT central to their inquiry and, in turn, suggest design approaches that broaden the material’s cultural, spatial, and technological significance for architecture, education, engineering, and industry.

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Publisher: AR&D Publishing
Size: 8” x 11” Portrait
Pages: 240pp
Binding: Hardbound
Publication Date: Fall 2021
ISBN: 978-1-954081-02-4
Price: $49.95
World Rights: Available


Editors: Jennifer Bonner and Hanif Kara

Associate Editor:
Jayne Kelley

Research and Visualizations: Anna Goga and Edgar Rodriguez

Book Design: Neil Donnelly Studio (Neil Donnelly and Siiri Tännler)

Project Manager: Jake Anderson

Contributions by Jennifer Bolande,  Jennifer Bonner, Nelson Byun, Victoria Camblin, Sean Canty, Courtney Coffman, Lauren Halsey, Sam Jacob, Hanif Kara, Christopher C. M. Lee, Erin Putalik, Nader Tehrani, and Yasmin Vobis.

Project Contributors:
Calvin Boyd
Benson Chien
Kyat Chin
Elif Erez
Daniel Garcia
Anna Goga
Ian Grohsgal
Edward Myo Han Oo
Anna Kaertner
Hiroshi Kaneko
Aryan Khalighy
Edgar Rodriguez
Alejandro Saldarriaga
Peeraya Suphasidh