CLT

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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The mass-timber interior of the sports hall at Eton College Sports & Aquatic Centre, with boys playing basketball.
Eton Sports & Aquatics Centre
by Bryony Bodimeade|23 August 24|Design
Comprising a 25-m pool and fourcourt sports hall, the Eton Sports & Aquatics Centre fulfils multiple purposes, including hosting exams and both competitive and community swimming.
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Retail development balances conservation and refurbishment
by Jennie Ward|15 August 24|Supply
B&K Structures has helped to deliver a high-profile new retail development in London's Pimlico Road Design District, providing an off-site manufactured, hybrid steel and engineered timber package. Newson’s Yard is a high-profile design hub featuring top-end retail outlets and eateries, located in a refurbished and reimagined former timber yard set...
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Spruce House & Studio
by Bryony Bodimeade|09 August 24|Design
Spruce House & Studio by ao-ft is a new-build home and self-contained garden studio constructed from CLT on a narrow infill site in Walthamstow Village.
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Guide to CLT in the early stages
by Swedish Wood|31 July 24|Build, Design
The publication will guide you in words and pictures through the key considerations in the early stages of designing and constructing a CLT building.
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Guide to Assessing CLT Surface Quality
by Swedish Wood|31 July 24|Build, Design
This Guide to assessing CLT surface quality is intended to provide support for developers, project managers, architects, purchasers and others at the start of a project and for inspectors and contractors at the end.
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Post and beam was used for London's award-winning Black and White Building; © Waugh Thistleton architects
A beginner’s guide to Post and Beam
by Matt Milton|27 May 24|Build, Design
In this extract from Timber Typologies - TDUK's handy introduction to the main timber construction methods - we take a look at post and beam construction. Combining MMC Category 2 and 3 products, and evolving from lightweight timber frame construction, post and beam systems rely upon the load-bearing capabilities of...
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WorkStack
by Bryony Bodimeade|29 April 24|Design
Located at the periphery of the Charlton Riverside industrial area in Greenwich, WorkStack provides an exemplary new model for building high density, affordable, urban workspaces.
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Eton College Sports & Aquatic Centre
Timber is the star at Eton’s pool and sports hall
by Matt Milton|14 April 24|Design
A timber structure clad in brick, Eton Sports & Aquatic Centre has become a much-loved asset to the College that's also used by the local community. The project came to Hopkins architects after they’d made a good first impression via a previous competition entry. They hadn’t won, but it had...
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Black & White Building
The Black & White Building
by Matt Milton|28 March 24|Design
An adaptable building is a sustainable one – that was a key concept behind the design. There are no structural internal partition walls in the Black & White building, so the workspaces are large and open. The building's structure comprises a frame made of a beech-based laminated veneer lumber (LVL),...
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