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New Window For Wood – Green Building Councils reviewing sustainability positions

With more architects being influenced by the concept of Ecological Sustainable Development (ESD ), it is significant that the Green Building Councils of Australia and New Zealand are reviewing their previous hard-line criteria on key aspects of the sustainable environmental credentials of timber. ... Read

Timber Service Life Design Released – World first for architects and specifiers

It took 10 years of research and cost millions of dollars, but now the world’s first Timber Service Life Design Guide (TSLDG ) and educational software TimberLife is available to specifiers. ... Read

The Bayside Cruiser – Top residential design at Aspendale

In this Melbourne bayside home, reclaimed and new timbers are key materials. Light and shade, air and views all interact in a clever integration of nautically-inspired ageless elegance achieved with clean lines and simple design. ... Read

Tranquil Kumutoto – Campsite planning and folded planes

Fond memories of family camping holidays in the South Island bush with boat-only access and no power were the inspiration for a unique bach (a quintessential Kiwi holiday shack or house) that achieved top honours in the 2007 New Zealand Timber Design Awards. ... Read

Revealing Structure – Loose fit chosen for UTAS architect school

The ambient smells of decades of engine grease and diesel spills have been replaced with those of timber at the award-winning new facility for the University of Tasmania (UTAS) School of Architecture and Design and Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood. ... Read

Williamstown High School – Challenging contemporary school concepts

As new kids on the block, unconstrained by a history of school design and free of the boundaries experience can unwittingly impose, architect Jenni Webster and her team at Spowers expressed a fresh eye when they designed the multi-award winning Williamstown High School. ... Read

The Caravan Concept – Rustic sophistication at Dunsborough

Visualise a rustic caravan with a canvas awning and you have some idea of the design inspiration for this holiday house with its magnificent views across vineyards and Geographe Bay in south-west Western Australia. ... Read

Showing Time And Care

Richard Kirk, architect of the best residential renovation in the 2007 Australian Timber Design Awards, says he “delights in the variety of different ways that timber can be detailed and finished to respond to the site and echo the life of the building”. ... Read

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