Oliver Thygesen.

Oliver Thygesen is a Copenhagen-based maker, master carpenter and joiner, and the founder of CPH Wood. His practice is grounded in traditional Danish woodcraft, but shaped by a contemporary architectural sensibility: precise, material-led and deeply attentive to construction, proportion and detail.

Through CPH Wood, Thygesen has built a workshop practice focused on bespoke carpentry, joinery, interiors and site-specific woodwork. His work moves between craft, architecture and design, treating wood not as a decorative surface but as a structural and atmospheric material. Each project is approached through the logic of the material itself: grain, weight, ageing, tactility and the discipline required to make something endure.

His craft has been connected to projects where tradition and contemporary construction meet. At Sparresholm Estate, a historic property restored with Dinesen Douglas fir and oak planks, Thygesen is cited as Master Carpenter & Joiner for CPH Wood, with the project described through materials, proportions and craftsmanship coming together in a gentle, modern rebirth of a historic estate.

For Project Materia, Thygesen brings the position of a working craftsman into the field of contemporary collectible design. His contribution is rooted in hands-on knowledge rather than formal styling: years of cutting, joining, shaping and resolving material into lasting form. The result is a practice where craft tradition is not nostalgic, but active - transformed through precision, restraint and a modern architectural edge.