In this issue...

A small and very private chapel on a farm estate in New Zealand wins acclaim from prestigious Italian award.

Supreme award winning farmhouse design explores timber-framed, corrugated iron-clad rural construction.

Complex technology and sophisticated outcomes were avoided in this stunningly different university campus project.

It swept the board at the 2006 UK Wood Awards and the ‘magic carpet’ gridshell roof is a big hit at Windsor Great Great Park outside London.

This economic award-winning design is on a site that is tight vertically and horizontally, with timber as the crucial component.

This golf and country club building is the result of a unique opportunity to utilise large quantities of recycled wood.

Imagine a series of timber ‘landscapes’ rolling freely from inside to out and you have the basic idea.

An award-winning 4-storey project from Portland, Oregon refl ecting a lively and unconventional local culture.

Sited on an old and well-known banana plantation close to Noosa’s busy Hastings St, this project has a strong environmental commitment.

The flexibility and reliability of wood were key reasons for its use in this Hong Kong interior design project.

The signifi cant contribution to Australia’s carbon balance made by the forest and wood products industry can be harnessed to greater effect.

Architecture in Australia is in for a revolution if the momentum matches the passion of ‘coolth’ disciple Tone Wheeler.

What architects and designers need to know about securing ultimate proof of timber’s sustainable
origin.

A new Australian sustainability standard has been developed and third party certifi ed product will soon be on the market.

Timber is the scapegoat in new regulation dictating building design in bushfi re-prone areas of Australia.

Amid the artifi ciality surrounding our lives today, our minds are calmed by the connection with nature that wood provides.

John Kelly has been described as the Frank Lloyd Wright of furniture design, and there is no doubt that architecture is a major infl uence in his work.

Australia’s Timber Design Awards will this year be presented in conjunction with an international oneday timber design conference in Melbourne.

Records reveal that commonly reported problems with timber fl ooring are associated with changing design trends and poor preparation.

The University of Tasmania’s School of Architecture is taking its successful timber design workshops to the professional sector.