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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
AECB Carbon Calculator Webinar
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Event short description (used on home page):
Timber Development UK partners with the Association for Environment Conscious Building to offer members an exclusive offer on the AECB Carbon Calculator.
- Event short description (used on home page): Timber Development UK partners with the Association for Environment Conscious Building to offer members an exclusive offer on the AECB Carbon Calculator.
Rothoblaas & TDUK network & knowledge share – CLT/Mass-timber
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Event short description (used on home page):
Free event organised from Rothoblaas UK LTD in sponsorship with TDUK. A networking event for designers, architects, installers...
- Event short description (used on home page): Free event organised from Rothoblaas UK LTD in sponsorship with TDUK. A networking event for designers, architects, installers...
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
Cowan Court was needed to house Churchill College’s growing undergraduate numbers, many of whom had to live offsite. It was also important that the building would centre the students in the campus, would be environmentally sound and fit within its historic surroundings.
The new Maritime Museum, completed in 2002, is set between the town centre and the large warehouses of the docks. Here it provides a focus for local identity and attracts the visitors on which the Cornish economy now depends.