In this issue...

The story behind Australia’s visionary and first 6-star-rated building.

M Central is a major adaptive reuse project, offering a clear alternative in the dramatic use of wood products.

There were two special aspects to the brief for this award-winning restoration.

Blending into a sloping hinterland environment with a ‘future considerate’ solution.

An award winner of other things, other times and other possibilities.

Pushing the boundaries of possibility for the most humble of architectural commissions.

Evoking traditional construction of local windmills, boat houses and boat building.

A link with the medieval tradition of transitory timber buildings.

An amazing story of survival of man and materials in “the most tempest-ridden place on the face of the planet”.

Fresh doubts by architectural academic about the effectiveness of Green Star Rating programs.

Greener building is behind a dramatic increase in demand for recovered hardwoods in architecture.

The history of oak in architecture is traceable to the impressive double hammer-beam roof of Westminster Hall in the Palace of Westminster – made in 1393.

A 30-storey Melbourne building where all the internal common space is panelled from a single tree.

There is a fresh and rather attractive addition to Queenstown on the shores of mountain-locked Lake Wakatipu.

More evidence that wooden window frames are the most energy-efficient choice.

John Shaw is a protégé of woodworking legend James Krenov.