07
Dec
2018
Architecture Tag
07
Dec
2018
Matching up to historic scrutiny for V&A Dundee
Last used as a tearoom in Glasgow in the 1950s, this Charles Rennie Mackintosh original interior design in Oak was in store for nearly 50 years in the Glasgow Museum before recently being meticulously re-erected and restored by Charles Taylor Woodwork in a project for...
03
Dec
2018
The Case for Wood
Making the case for wood to an audience of architects, designers and manufacturers at the recent Wood Awards in London, David Hopkins Managing Director of the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) left nobody in doubt as to the importance of wood as the key construction material...
29
Nov
2018
TRADA University Challenge 2019: Call for entries now open
TRADA is officially calling for entrants to its TRADA University Challenge 2019 in which students will be challenged to design exemplary student accommodation predominantly from timber. 60 students from 30 universities will descend on the University of Sheffield’s Diamond Building for an intense charrette-styled challenge on...
26
Nov
2018
Wood Awards 2018 winners announced
The winners of the annual Wood Awards have been announced at a ceremony held on the 20th November at Carpenters’ Hall in London hosted by David Hopkins, Managing Director of the Timber Trade Federation. Established in 1971, the Wood Awards is free to enter and...
23
Nov
2018
Waugh Thistleton Architects launch ‘100 Projects UK CLT’ book
Waugh Thistleton Architects, in collaboration with the Softwood Lumber Board & Forestry Innovation Investment, have recently launched the book 100 Projects UK CLT. The one hundred projects featured in the book were selected from over 500 completed CLT projects in the UK. "Over the last 15 years the...
15
Nov
2018
Peter Wilson – Adding Value Through Innovation
These slides were presented at The UK Wood Panels Conference 2018 (London, 7 November 2018)...
29
Oct
2018
Wellbeing by Design: The Hungry Fox, a café in Melbourne in thermally modified American tulipwood
The link between our physical and emotional wellbeing has been substantiated by a number of studies. Australian designers seem to have a unique affinity with the natural environment and an innate understanding of how best to bring nature closer to life and leisure. The latest example...
25
Oct
2018
25
Oct
2018
Lake District Ruskin heritage reflected in wood
Leading to the 200th anniversary of John Ruskin's birth and the 140th anniversary of his move to Coniston in the Lake District, MA Architecture students from Central St Martins, working with Hayatsu Architects, designed and built two community buildings centred around the Ruskin Museum and Coniston...