Hearing The Need For Timber – Malaysian crusader leads charge for honesty

Tucked away in a wooded block off the Gold Coast highway south of Brisbane, the Denley cedar home is a shining example of the weathering abilities of timber.

Deep in the Victorian high country surrounded by the Alpine National Park is the unique village of Dinner Plain, with lots of timber, corrugated iron and local stone on the menu.

It is the southern hemisphere’s highest building designed to withstand seismic and wind loadings, and the subject of much critical acclaim.

At age 83, master wood craftsman Robert Dunlop says it is not too late to resume his campaign to save the “lost” timbers of inland Australia.

The Visitor Centre for the Australian Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne, is more than a building. It is an inviting and protective sequence of interiors and intimate gardens that, together, form an intriguing entrance.

A Victorian hardwood species considered a low-grade timber best suited to filling export woodchip bins has burst on to the timber design scene and literally plucked a major building project from the jaws of steel.

Widespread confusion in the design and build industry about Fire Hazard

“When someone brushes against a memory, or forms an emotional rapport spurred by characteristics of the piece, then I feel I have achieved a kind of communication that I only know how to reach through the creation of these objects.”