Urban Nature Project: Reimagining Natural History

Urban Nature Project: Reimagining Natural History
by Bryony Bodimeade|27 November 25|Design
The Gold Award-winning timber and stone additions to the Natural History Museum use legible, low-tech construction and natural materials to connect visitors to the landscape. Feilden Fowles’ enchanting transformation of the Natural History Museum’s outdoor landscape has reshaped the visitor experience into a choreographed journey through geological history – while...
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‘Elegant, refined and production-ready’ | Levity Collection wins Production prize in the Wood Awards
by Bryony Bodimeade|20 November 25|Design
Celebrating the beauty of homegrown hardwoods, the Levity Collection of chairs and tables, designed by Katie Walker for Meon by Gaze Burvill, has won the top prize in the Production category at the Wood Award 2025. Blending lightweight elegance with engineering ingenuity, the Levity Collection marks the launch of new...
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Raised forest walkway exploring architectural potential of crown timber wins Bespoke Award at the 2025 Wood Awards
by Bryony Bodimeade|20 November 25|Design
A Forest Datum, an experimental raised walkway constructed at Hooke Park by students of the Design + Make Postgraduate Programme, has won the Bespoke Award at the 2025 Wood Awards. The project showcases a groundbreaking structural system that harnesses the strength of natural-growth timber forks, locally sourced from routine forest...
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‘Connecting our natural and national heritage’ Urban Nature Project wins Gold Award with masterclass in landscape-led, timber design
by Lucy Bedry|20 November 25|Design
An enchanting transformation of the Natural History Museum’s grounds, including a new café and education building, has been named the UK’s best new timber project, having won the Gold Award at the Wood Awards 2025.    Sensitively integrating two new buildings within the relandscaped gardens of the Natural History Museum, the...
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UK softwood market finds room for cautious optimism despite pressures
by Jennie Ward|13 November 25|Supply
The UK Challenges in the Softwood Sector panel at this year’s Global Market Conference brought together senior figures from some of Europe’s largest sawmilling groups to discuss supply, demand and market expectations for 2026. Hosted by Timber Development UK (TDUK) Chief Executive David Hopkins, the panel featured Markus Henningsson of SCA, Neil...
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Merchants find growth in a flat market
by Jennie Ward|13 November 25|Supply
The merchant panel session at the 2025 TDUK Global Market Conference brought together three leading voices from the UK builders’ merchant sector to discuss the state of trade in 2025 and what lies ahead next year. The session, chaired by Timber Development UK’s David Hopkins, featured Keith Fryer, Director of Business...
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Why now is the time to back British timber
by Jennie Ward|23 October 25|Build, Supply
Neil Horton, Sales Director at BSW Timber, explains why BSW Timber is backing British timber following the relaunch of the Timber in Construction Roadmap.   The conversation around sustainable construction is continuing to get louder – and rightly so. At BSW Group, we believe that the relaunch of the UK...
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Member Profile: An integrated future from seed to sawn product
by Jennie Ward|16 October 25|Build, Supply
From historic sawmiller to fully integrated supply chain leader, BSW Group is using innovation and investment to reshaping the future of UK forestry. Supplying Timber found out more.   As one of the UK’s most historic and well-known timber businesses, TDUK member BSW Group is not a new name to...
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New campaign to champion British-grown C16 timber
by Jennie Ward|30 September 25|Build, Supply
MKM Building Supplies (MKM) has joined forces with long-standing supplier James Jones & Sons to launch a UK-wide campaign championing the use of British-grown C16 timber. Each year MKM supplies more than 150,000 tonnes of timber to tradespeople, developers, and the general public across the UK - that’s the equivalent...
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Why pine is replacing spruce in UK structural timber
by Jennie Ward|23 May 25|Build, Supply
The Trussed Rafter Association (TRA) recently held a webinar informing members of the changing timber species mix now entering the UK, and how it will impact the construction industry – and trussed rafters in particular. For years, spruce has been the go-to species for structural timber in the UK. With...
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