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Black and white building
The structural secrets behind London’s tallest timber office building
by TDUK|15 September 22|Design
The Black & White Building is London’s tallest engineered-timber office building. It contains no concrete above the ground floor slab. Its frame uses timber to provide all the strength and adaptability of steel. Standing 17.8m tall, the 6-storey Black & White Building is an ingenious example of timber construction. It...
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JDS Group
Working across the timber supply chain
by TDUK|14 September 22|Supply
The Donaldson Group has expanded and grown over 162 years and now has the ability to build and fit out an entire house. Timber Design magazine found out what’s behind the company’s success. The last two years have been transformational for the Donaldson Group. In 2020, the sixth generation of...
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build with wood
Building a better world through wood
by TDUK|05 September 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...
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