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In architectural modernism, wood has never been regarded as avant-garde; instead it has been perceived as sentimental, steady, traditional. Not so for the Berlin architectural office of Kaden Klingbeil. Since it's founding, the practices special emphasis has been on multistory apartment buildings - constructed, moreover, of the material wood. At first glance, the teams buildings are not recognizable as wooden structures. In terms of form, façade design, statics, and cubature, they allude instead to models from 'white modernism.' Yet this duo, consisting of Tom Kaden and Tom Klingbeil, has rediscovered the advantages of wooden construction: Wood offers a renewable, continuously self-replenishing resource, guarantees short transport routes, and minimizes dead loads, as well as offering energy-saving and COø-neutral processing. As a result, the ecological performance of wooden construction - given the responsible exploitation of resources - is consistently positive. 0Exhibition: Aedes am Pfefferberg Studio Berlin, Germany (23.3.-15.5.2012).