nARCHITECTS tops New York nature centre with a mass-timber roof

Brooklyn-based nARCHITECTS has designed a nature centre and exhibition space that produces as much energy as it consumes on the New York coastline.
The cedar-clad Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. The project transformed 12 acres of concrete parking lot into a sustainable structure and resilient landscape with native plants.
nARCHITECTS designed the centre on one of Long Island's barrier islands
Reusing the rubble as a sub-base for the 330-foot (100-metre) long