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Hybrid Timber Childcare Centre in Hartvíkovice: CLT, Timber-Concrete Floors and Design & Build

Vesper Homes used timber-concrete composite floors for the first time in a hybrid timber childcare centre in Hartvíkovice, where CLT, sandwich façade panels, concrete and steel together meet strict public-sector fire safety and energy standards.

The Plot Changes Everything: Architect, Geotechnical Survey and Site Access for Timber Houses | Vesp

Slope, groundwater and access for heavy machinery can affect the budget of a timber house more than you might expect, which is why at Vesper Homes we start with an architect and a geotechnical survey.

What Happens When You Set a Timber Building on Fire?

"In collaboration with professionals from the Technical University of Ostrava, we carried out a unique experiment that provides real data on the behaviour of CLT panels in fire."

Green Roof on a Timber Building: How an Extensive Sedum Roof Is Built, Layer by Layer

See how an extensive green roof is built on the timber childcare centre in Kamenný Újezd, layer by layer. Learn how much a green roof weighs, why a structural assessment comes first, and what yearly maintenance involves.

Vesper Homes houses have heat batteries.

Waff soapstone accumulation stoves bring stable radiant heat to timber frame homes for up to 40 hours from a single firing.

Timber Frame Construction as an Investment: Commercial Projects That Pay Off

Timber frame buildings have firmly established themselves in the Czech construction market – and their role is rapidly expanding far beyond residential housing. 

Architect, designer, and engineer: Three pillars of successful timber construction

Why you can't do without these three key professions when building a wooden house

WOOD HAS EXTRAORDINARY FIRE RESISTANCE

It is more resistant than steel

Waff soapstone storage stove: Radiant heat that lasts up to 24 hours

Soapstone stoves for modern homes, low-energy buildings, and wooden structures

Construction inteligence

The order matters

Wood simply can

10 most frequently asked questions by architects on a topic of timber constructions

ON SITE / OFF SITE

Skeletal, half-timbered, column construction, CLT?

Additions to existing brick buildings

CERTIFICATION OF SOAPSTONE FIREPLACE

Testing and certification of soapstone fireplace

From scetch to reality

Individually designed, digitally made

VESPER FINANCE

DIGITAL PRODUCTION - ROBOTS and CNC

The complex timber parts, flexible way and precisely made