The AR October issue considers that full lifecycle, from planting to growing to cutting, and beyond. Since trees are seen as more valuable dead than alive, we also question the extent to which timber is co-opted to exacerbate, rather than counter, the climate catastrophe. This issue features projects by Terunobu Fujimori, Kéré Architecture, Studio Anna Heringer, Abari, CAUKIN Studio, Mars Architectes, Rizvi Hassan, Heatherwick Studio and contributions by Sebastião Salgado, Sophie Sapp Moore, Ali Karimi, and many, many more