Load bearing structures in laminated timber are among the visually most fascinating ways to span wide spaces. The possibilities are typologically diverse, ranging from roofs to bridges. The elegant, sleek designs are being increasingly used for aesthetic construction tasks today. For certain tasks such as thermal baths wood is, in its high durability, superior to other materials. Furthermore, it offers the advantages of an ecologically sustainable, climate-friendly building material. Overall, the rapid technological innovation in this field has created many buildings over the course of the century, bearing today impressive witness to the possibilities of wood. This book shows the spectrum of this technology using numerous examples from Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, France, North and South America.,