mass timber

Read the new issue of Designing Timber – out now
by Matt Milton|24 July 23|Design
Packed with inspiring stories of stylish timber buildings, the new Designing Timber magazine is out now. For all the latest timber news, building case studies and valuable CPD, look no further than our informative new issue. One of the Osnaburgh Pavilions, a honeycomb-like gridshell structure created by Xylotek An essential...
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Street scene showing the corner of the Technique Building, where the lower front building meets the higher back.
Moving on up: timber takes Technique Building to new heights
by Matt Milton|14 July 23|Design
How did mass timber add extra floors - and a whole lot of flair - to the Technique Building? We catch up with Andy Heyne, of structural engineers Heyne Tillett Steel, to find out all the details. The building at 132 Goswell Road has been many things. Once it was...
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Timber buildings demystified in groundbreaking new book
by Matt Milton|07 June 23|Design
Timber Development UK is stepping up to eliminate misconceptions about timber buildings in Timber Typologies - a groundbreaking new book produced with Waugh Thistleton Architects. Aimed at developers, investors and policy makers, Timber Typologies outlines the variety of build options and methodologies available for low carbon timber construction and details...
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Timber Typologies
by Waugh Thistleton Architects|07 June 23|Build, Design, Sustainability
If timber is to realise its potential, we must know what we mean when we say timber.
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Address acoustic challenges in mass timber through CLT
by Jennie Ward|02 June 23|Build, Supply
CDM Stravitec has created a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course on using lightweight acoustic floating floors in combination with cross-laminated timber (CLT), exploring how these systems can address acoustic challenges in mass timber construction. This online course presents the airborne sound reduction and impact noise isolation of lightweight floating floor...
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What should a contract cover when it’s a mass timber project?
by Matt Milton|03 April 23|Build, Design
What are the contractual considerations when embarking on a mass timber project? Adriano Amorese, Partner at Mishcon de Reya LLP, provides some thoughts on best practice. You have only to look at the volume and scale of mass timber projects coming through planning to see that things are changing. The...
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