Feld72 builds housing estate from timber in Alpine town

Architecture studio Feld72 have completed the Maierhof housing estate in the Alpine town of Bludenz, Austria, comprising eight timber buildings in a mountain landscape.

Built for the housing cooperative and developer Wohnbauselbsthilfe, the estate's three-storey blocks have been arranged around a new pedestrian route through the town.

The Maierhof housing estate also includes a series of public green spaces designed by landscape architects Gruber + Haumer.

Although the buildings appear similar...