New radical ways with wood

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Designer Charlotte Perriand called it “Madam Wood”, signifying her love of the material. The Japanese architect Kengo Kuma talks of its fluidity, “almost like the human body, it can provide warmth and softness”. Wood has been sacred in design, art and architecture for centuries. In the hands of the latest creatives it is being explored in ever more inventive…