C16

Gwynfaen: homegrown housing at scale
by Bryony Bodimeade|17 July 26|Design
Gwynfaen is a Welsh word meaning “white” or “fair” stone. It’s also the name of a highly ambitious and sustainable housing development providing 144 new timber homes – constructed using locally grown Welsh timber. The award-winning project is informed by the impressive, thoughtful placemaking of architects Stride Treglown, who were...
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C16 campaign webinar highlights opportunities for homegrown timber
by Jennie Ward|18 June 26|Build, Supply
Greater use of homegrown C16 timber could strengthen UK manufacturing, improve supply chain resilience and support the ambitions set out in the Government’s Timber in Construction Roadmap, according to a webinar organised as part of the Trust UK C16 Timber Campaign. The webinar, which was hosted by the Institution of...
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Free Webinar: Trust UK C16 Timber
by Jennie Ward|04 June 26|Build, Supply
A new webinar from the Trust UK C16 Timber campaign is exploring how to strengthen UK supply chains and build more sustainably. The UK imports around 80% of its timber, making it the second largest net importer of forest products globally. But with the right approach, the timber industry can...
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UK timber in construction
by Jennie Ward|06 April 26|Build, Supply
Robin Nicholson from Buckland Timber, a Grown in Britain certificate holder, shares his thoughts on homegrown C16 and how there's more scope for using UK-grown timber than you might think. Despite the availability of quality, sustainable, homegrown alternatives, approximately 80% of the timber used in the UK is still imported....
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COP26 House
by Matt Milton|10 March 26|Design
COP26 House is demonstrable evidence of the value of design for disassembly and reassembly - and how well timber can enable that. It truly can be said to be circular economy in action.
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Mass timber fire station wins international award
by Jennie Ward|18 December 25|Supply
One of James Jones & Sons' Australian subsidiaries, XLam, has been recognised as the CLT supplier to the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services North Coast Region Headquarters and Maryborough Fire and Rescue Station, following the announcement that the project has won the international Built by Nature 'Public Infrastructure' award. Selected...
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Howden Hall Road
by Matt Milton|03 October 25|Design
This retrofit and extension project has doubled the useable floor space, improving form and functionality, while the overall energy consumption has dropped significantly.
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New timber and bio-based buildings rejuvenate a community food-growing hub in North London
by Bryony Bodimeade|18 June 25|Design
Formerly a Haringey council-run plant nursery, Wolves Lane was taken over in 2017 by a consortium of community food-growing organisations, including The Ubele Initiative, OrganicLea and BlackRootz, a multigenerational, Black-led growers’ enterprise. The Wolves Lane site with new buildings to the right © Luke O'Donovan The 3.5-acre site contains a...
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Old School House
by Bryony Bodimeade|03 December 24|Design
Old School House is a Grade-II listed home in Brue Valley, Somerset which has been sensitively extended with a homegrown chestnut-clad wing.
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Castle Community Rooms
by Bryony Bodimeade|29 November 24|Design
Castle Community Rooms is a new multipurpose community building by James Gorst Architects that sits in the centre of Framlingham, Suffolk, between two Grade-I listed landmarks – St Michael’s Church and Framlingham Castle.
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