Structural timber

Structural timber price index offers powerful market analysis tool

by Jennie Ward|13 April 2317 April 23|Statistics, Supply

Timber Development UK (TDUK) is launching a powerful new tool, the Structural Timber Price Index, to help the construction industry assess changes in the UK timber market. The Structural Price Index displays the monthly price of structural timber stretching back to 2018, giving users the ability to compare today’s timber...

Green House

by Bryony Bodimeade|20 March 2302 October 24|Design

Set on a backland plot in the Clyde Circus Conservation Area in Tottenham, Hayhurst & Co’s design for Green House draws on the natural history and verdant character of its location.

UK Hardwoods Storage Building

by Bryony Bodimeade|23 February 2326 September 24|Design

Built using timber from the client’s woodland, the UK Hardwoods Storage Building is a remarkable example of local businesses working together to use timber in a sustainable and creative way.

A practice that puts sustainability at the heart of everything

by Matt Milton|09 February 2328 February 24|Build, Design, Sustainability

Designing buildings that work for people and planet - that is Architype's ethos. This pioneering architecture practice - and TDUK member - has always championed sustainability. From its early days of self-build houses in the 1990s to its major Passivhaus projects today, Architype has thought long and hard about the...

A new life for an old factory

by Matt Milton|07 February 2328 February 24|Design

How a lightweight timber frame and engineering know-how turned the Gramophone Works into the building it was always meant to be. In its long and varied history, it has been the headquarters of Sanderson Fabrics and British independent record label Saga Records. Today, The Gramophone Works is a landmark commercial...

Water Tower

by Bryony Bodimeade|01 February 2326 September 24|Design

In this retrofit project by Tonkin Liu, a steel-framed water tower has undergone a dramatic transformation to become a part-time residence for photographer Dennis Pedersen and his family.

Chobham from Edward Williams © Agnese Sanvito housing

How do you turn an infill car park into beautiful housing?

by Bryony Bodimeade|31 January 2313 May 24|Build, Design

Edward Williams Architects’ first CLT project has transformed an underused car park into a welcoming mews-style development. Directors Laura Carrara-Cagni and Edward Williams explain how they went about it. A stylish landscaped housing scheme now sits on what was once a World War II bomb site. This is Stratford Courtyard...

Homerton College Dining Hall

by TDUK|21 December 2202 October 24|Design

The award-winning Homerton College Dining Hall by Feilden Fowles celebrates the structural capability and natural beauty of timber by forging a modern response to traditional forms of construction.

Design of timber structures Volume 3

by Swedish Wood|22 September 2225 April 25|Design, Education

The book series Design of timber structures Volume 1–3 has been produced to make it easier for structural designers to calculate timber structures and it is adapted to Eurocodes. It is being used for higher education at universities and institutes.

The structural secrets behind London’s tallest timber office building

by TDUK|15 September 2217 March 23|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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