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16 May, 2008

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Winter 2008 Issue

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Timber Building is a must read for anyone interested in the use of wood in construction and the built environment. The magazine and website cover latest news on traditional solid timber-based construction, timber frame and building systems using glulam, LVL, SIPs and cross-lam panels, along with sustainability and environmental issues.

This blend of news and in-depth features, along with technical articles from our consultant TRADA, makes Timber Building essential reading for architects, engineers, house builders, developers, self-builders and other specifiers throughout the construction industry.

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People are being given a chance to to live effectively rent-free for six months in the BoKlok homes before buying

BoKlok unveils 'try before you buy' scheme

Published: 16 May, 2008

Would-be puchasers of the revolutionary Scandinavian-style BoKlok homes are being given a chance to rent their home for six months before they commit to buying

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The roof of the Aquatics Centre will be timber-clad steel

Timber to lose out at Aquatics Centre

Published: 16 May, 2008

Despite extensive use of cladding, timber has lost out to steel for the roof frame in the London 2012 Aquatics Centre

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American white oak is used on the halls of the foyer and auditoria

American white oak on song for opera house

Published: 12 May, 2008

Billed as the largest cultural building to be built in Norway for more than 700 years, Oslo's new Opera House uses American white oak panels to complete its impressive interior

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Kingspan's Lighthouse has achieved Code for Sustainable Homes Level 6

Report says zero carbon definition “must change”

Published: 12 May, 2008

To hit its target of 240,000 'zero carbon' units a year, the Government needs to consider other options, says the UKGBC

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Parkside Pavilion is the UK's first charred timber building Helen Binet

Charred timber building opens in London

Published: 09 May, 2008

Architect DSDHA and timber subcontractor Martin Childs Ltd developed a bespoke method of charring timber to create the cladding for the new Park Pavilion

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Formby Pool by FCB Studios, winner of Gold in last year's Wood Awards

Wood Awards final call for entries

Published: 25 April, 2008

The UK's premier competition for the use of timber in construction and interiors is urging architects, designers, furniture makers and their timber suppliers and contractors to put their entries in now.

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Panels being craned in

Magnum force

Published: 22 February, 2008

An off-site construction business based on “massive” OSB panels is taking shape on a truly grand scale in Manchester. Stephen Powney reports

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American white oak is one of the most sought after woods for joinery and furniture

The white stuff

Published: 22 February, 2008

American white oak has been used in high-profile architecture around the world. Michael Buckley of World Hardwoods reports

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CIB in the Congo has achieved FSC certification

Turning up the heat in the tropics

Published: 22 February, 2008

Certification is developing slowly in the tropics, but it is not the only means of ensuring sustainable and legal supply. Rupert Oliver of Forest Industries Intelligence reports

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