In a world where failing buildings and performance gaps are the norm, where professions are adversarial, and value engineering, cheap product substitution and below par building practices are expected – should we encourage our next generation of professionals to use timber in buildings? The multidisciplinary team of six that...
A collaboration first presented in 2008 by the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) and Sir David Adjaye will be part of an exciting new exhibition at the Design Museum, London. Sclera, originally commissioned for the London Design Festival, will be one of seven projects featured...
The Timber Trade Federation is pleased to be sponsoring the new exhibition 'Forest of Fabrication – dRMM: pioneers of timber architecture' hosted by the Building Centre in London from 8 February until 17 May 2019. Forest of Fabrication demonstrates the possibilities of modern timber construction through the...
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...
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...
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...
These slides were presented at The UK Wood Panels Conference 2018 (London, 7 November 2018)...
The Timber Trade Federation is pleased to partner with Evolution of Tradition, a new selling exhibition of luxurious bespoke furniture launching this autumn at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour. Evolution of Tradition - to take place from 2-5 October 2018 - will feature exclusive designs purely from...
Twenty exceptional buildings and twelve furniture and product projects have been shortlisted for the Wood Awards 2018. The shortlist will be showcased at the London Design Fair (Stand: 13.3, Hall: H13), Old Truman Brewery, 20th-23rd September. Winners will be revealed at the annual Wood Awards ceremony at Carpenters’ Hall on 20th...
Featured on television's 'Grand Designs' Channel 4 programme in 2017, The Tree House in Dursley, rural Gloucestershire, was designed by Millar Howard Workshop and owner Jon Martin to merge discretely with its landscape and cause no damage to surrounding protected trees or their root systems,...