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A sustainable future is built on good design. Learn from leading experts on timber design through our ever-growing library of knowledge.
Wood is a low-carbon, versatile, high quality, and intelligent solution to many modern design problems. Anyone involved in the built environment, whether architect, engineer, or other, should know how to use this essential material.
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Events
FOOT PRINT+
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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
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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
The publication Moisture-proof CLT construction without a full temporary shelter provides guidance on how to handle CLT elements when building without a full shelter. It is intended to help project planners and builders achieve an industrial and dampproof CLT build.
The CLT Handbook is to help structural engineers and architects to design structures using cross-laminated timber (CLT).
Aimed at small carpenters, students, and at the larger companies working in the production and design of furniture and furnishings mainly in softwood.
The book series Design of timber structures Volume 1–3 has been produced to make it easier for structural designers to calculate timber structures and it is adapted to Eurocodes. It is being used for higher education at universities and institutes.
Case studies
A new café, designed by Knox Bhavan Architects, stands at the heart of The Level, a well-used and historic park on the main approach to Brighton.
The building is organised as a two storey rendered block, containing the students union and associated facilities, interlocking with a four storey timber clad block, housing teaching and administration space.