Cladding: your questions answered

by Jennie Ward|13 March 2321 February 23|Build, Supply

The Timber Decking & Cladding Association (TDCA) answers the common timber cladding questions its technical team are often asked. External timber cladding is an arrangement of boards covering the exterior of a building. It provides extra protection against the elements and also adds an attractive design feature to the building....

European oak adds warmth to Cambridge library

by Jennie Ward|02 March 2321 February 23|Build, Supply

More than £300,000 of European Oak timber was used to create the new Magdalene College Library in Cambridge. TDUK spoke to timber supplier James Latham to find out more. From Niall McLaughlin Architects’ initial sketches through to the delivery, fabrication and installation of engineered timber components, the new Magdalene College...

Beware new importers bearing Birch Plywood

by Jennie Ward|20 February 2320 February 23|Build, Supply

Timber Development UK (TDUK) is warning merchants to carry out thorough checks of any offers of Birch Plywood imports from new importers they may receive. TDUK continues to hear worrying reports about its members being offered new import channels of Birch Plywood by companies in the Far East and China....

A practice that puts sustainability at the heart of everything

by Matt Milton|09 February 2316 February 23|Build, Design, Sustainability

Designing buildings that work for people and planet - that is Architype's ethos. This pioneering architecture practice - and TDUK member - has always championed sustainability. From its early days of self-build houses in the 1990s to its major Passivhaus projects today, Architype has thought long and hard about the...

What is Timber Development UK? And how can it help the timber sector?

by TDUK|15 September 2203 October 22|Design

David Hopkins, CEO of Timber Development UK, introduces a brand-new resource for TDUK members. At TDUK our goal is to position timber as the first-choice building material for any UK construction project. Architects, designers and engineers are increasingly looking for low-carbon construction methods that will result in striking, design-led buildings....

Building a better world through wood

by TDUK|05 September 2211 October 22|Build, Design, Supply

For more than a century, our built environment has been dominated by high carbon, energy hungry materials such as cement and steel. These materials were integral to a new wave of innovation, allowing a new generation of superstructures to rise to heights once limited to the likes of the Great...

Cladding: your questions answered

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