Build
Modern methods of construction use timber. Find out the ways wood is transforming construction and access best practice guidance.
Timber is at the heart of a revolution in building. Our members are pushing forward best practices around the use of timber and ensuring that this material is put to best use. This means buildings which last and transform with their users.
I'm interested in:
My role is:
Latest resources
Events
FOOT PRINT+
-
Event short description (used on home page):
The FOOTPRINT+ Conference is the place to learn about emerging technologies and see how they can be adopted in everyday practice to accelerate action against climate change.
- Event short description (used on home page): The FOOTPRINT+ Conference is the place to learn about emerging technologies and see how they can be adopted in everyday practice to accelerate action against climate change.
SRTTA Annual Dinner, Bournemouth
-
Event short description (used on home page):
The Southern Region Timber Trade Association presents its Annual Dinner
- Event short description (used on home page): The Southern Region Timber Trade Association presents its Annual Dinner
Featured resources
Explore different aspects and benefits of using decorative timber flooring, where different species provide its own appearance and performance
Read on the different uses and characteristics of joinery, non-structural timber, and the various uses in windows, doors, staircases, to mention a few.
Understand the importance of timber frame construction that is adaptable in places where flooding has a chance of happening and the timber frame building is flood resilient.
Understand the advantages and benefits of refurbishing buildings with timber cladding
Case studies
The Hurlingham Club, founded in the 1870s, is a famous sports club with a Georgian clubhouse, polo grounds, croquet lawns and tennis courts set in 17 hectares of picturesque grounds alongside the Thames in Fulham, London.
Dungeness Beach in Kent is the largest area of shingle in Europe – 1,600 hectares of it. The harsh and dramatic landscape, dominated by the bulk of Dungeness B power station and dotted with a cottage or a fisherman’s weekend hut, is an architectural conservation area and has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) to preserve its unique ecology of grasses and shingle plants.