A large searchable gallery/database of the most popular timber species ( hardwood, softwood, modified – Accoya, Lignia, Kebony, Thermowood) used in the UK – Construction and Joinery for both internal and external joinery. Find your desired wood type here, including its image, origin, FSC, PEFC Certification, Chain of Custody, density, durability, common uses and properties.It…

Architecture The Observer Strong, clean and versatile, engineered timber is the ‘new concrete’. With wooden skyscrapers in the offing, could it be the answer to the global housing crisis? Rowan Moore Sun 28 Jan 2018 08.00 GMT There is a miracle building material – one so environmentally friendly that it extracts carbon from the atmosphere rather than…

A gallery showcasing the Global Wood Design and Building Awards for 2017. The Global Awards is one of the largest and have been going on for more than 30years.The Judges select from some of the very the best Wood design and architecture projects in the world. Jurors looked for submissions which were not only aesthetic…

Chilean studio Apio Arquitectos has used wooden barns as a reference for this nature retreat, with pitched roofs and facades wrapped in grey metal and pine. The House in Lake Calafquen is located in southern Chile‘s Los Ríos Region. Dotted with lakes, the rural area features low ridges, where “elements appear like isolated modules in a continuous…

Metsä Wood launched The Open Source Wood initiative to accelerate innovation in wood construction industry. We are calling on architects and engineers to share their knowledge about prefabricated wood elements to grow the use of wood in construction. The first ever Open Source Wood Hackathon was organised in Nantes, France in December. The Challenge was to create…

  Project details Architect Planitech Consulting Group – Alain voyer, Richard Gaudreault and Stéphane V. Lapointe Architects Structural Engineers Gemel inc. General contractor Ger-ro construction inc. Public / private project Private Year of construction 2013 Type of building Commercial building Building area 2,650 m² Number of floors 1 Structural products Main structure (carrier) Glue-laminated wood…

Project team Architecture: Coarchitecture Structure: Nordic Structures Mechanics: S.M.Consultants inc. Contractor: Therrien – Pomerleau S.E.N.C. Client: Tanguay Furnishings Suppliers of wood products Structure: Nordic Structures Wooden soffit: Prorez

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has teamed up with cross-laminated-timber expert Waugh Thistleton to design his first UK building – a five-storey house that will be built beside London’s River Thames. Southwark Council last week granted planning approval for the so-called “pagoda in the park”, which is proposed at Potters Fields, behind City Hall and a short distance away from Tower Bridge….

The Portland, Oregon, firm is recasting the humble material as an urbane powerhouse, one project at a time. Lever Architects Above : Thomas Robinson in Lever’s Portland Architects office. There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about building with wood, much of it infused with a certain back-to-the-land, eco-idealism. Not without reason: Wood…

XLam CLT walls, floors and stairs were readily available and fast to install — saving valuable time in this apartment project for Housing New Zealand. Set to be completed in February 2018, this new apartment building will soon add to Housing New Zealand’s transitional accommodation supply in Auckland. For the construction of the building, Alastair…

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