Architecture

designTimber 2026 webinar series wrap-up
by Bryony Bodimeade|19 August 26|Design, Education
Running from February to August, the now-concluded 2026 series of designTimber webinars explored the opportunities and challenges of designing and building with timber across a diverse range of projects and settings. Across the series, the seven webinars – delivered by the architects, structural engineers, specialist timber subcontractors, clients and fabricators...
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designTimber returns with a new 2026 series of award-winning timber case studies
by Bryony Bodimeade|15 December 25|Design, Education
designTimber is a monthly lunchtime webinar series in which leading architects, engineers and timber specialists deliver in-depth presentations on their award-winning timber buildings. Organised by Timber Development UK, these free online talks provide valuable continuous professional development (CPD) learning for designers and specifiers. Running from February to September, the new...
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NWTTA launches annual student prize for the Use of Timber in Architecture
by Jennie Ward|01 October 25|Build, Design, Education
The North West Timber Trade Association (NWTTA), in collaboration with the Liverpool School of Architecture (LSA), is proud to launch the 2026 Annual Student Prize for the Use of Timber in Architecture. This annual competition is open to architecture students across participating institutions and aims to celebrate innovation, sustainability, and...
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designTimber 2025 | New project talks by leading architects, engineers and timber specialists
by Bryony Bodimeade|29 January 25|Design, Education
Timber Development UK are delighted to announce a new 2025 series of designTimber lunchtime webinars featuring eye-catching, sustainable projects built using wood. Offering a deep dive into the best of recent timber architecture and construction, these talks will provide a valuable opportunity to learn directly from the leading architects, engineers...
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It’s a wrap! Our presence at London Design Festival: In pictures
by Jonathan Gutierrez|23 September 24|Design
Over the weekend, our annual Wood Awards exhibition – along with our partnering exhibitions CascadeUp and Material Matters – proved more popular than ever at London Design Festival (LDF). Every year, LDF receives more than 500,000 visitors over the week. For the third year in a row, we were able...
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From ‘waste wood’ to ‘mass timber’. CascadeUp pilot to premiere at London Design Festival
by Jonathan Gutierrez|09 September 24|Design
A groundbreaking research project is set to make its global debut at London Design Festival from 18 to 21 September at the OXO Tower Courtyard and Platform. CascadeUp is the first building-scale demonstration of a glulam and cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure which has been created entirely out of waste timber...
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Wood Awards 2024 Shortlist Announced
by Lucy Bedry|04 September 24|Design
From a woodland primary school, a low-carbon community centre and a modular home in the wilderness of Scotland, through to a communal table for pounding fufu, this year’s Wood Awards shortlist reflects the versatility of timber. First established in 1971, the Wood Awards are the UK’s foremost competition celebrating outstanding...
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The Wood Awards 2024: Call for Entries Now Open!
by Lucy Bedry|06 March 24|Design
Enter the Wood Awards by 24 May (for free!) to join our celebration of the very best of timber design, craftsmanship and installation. The Wood Awards is the UK’s premier competition for architecture and product design in wood - setting the benchmark, year-on-year, for timber excellence. With ten dedicated categories,...
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New designTimber talks – learn from architects, engineers & specialists advancing timber design
by Bryony Bodimeade|19 January 24|Design, Education
Timber Development UK are delighted to host a third series of lunchtime designTimber webinars featuring exemplary timber buildings from the 2023 Wood Awards winners and shortlist. These monthly webinars will be presented by the multi-disciplinary design and delivery teams behind a diverse range of inspiring projects, from high-rise urban offices...
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Wood Awards 2023 Shortlist Announced
by Lucy Bedry|05 September 23|Design
Twenty buildings and fourteen furniture projects have been shortlisted for this year’s Wood Awards – which celebrate excellence and innovation in timber architecture and design. From over two hundred projects entered, this shortlist of thirty-four entries celebrates the diversity and creativity of buildings and furniture made using the world’s foremost...
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