In this issue...

A formidable design challenge for Sydney-based Casey Brown, which specialises in one-off houses for environmentally sensitive and demanding sites.

Sitting proudly and distinctively among colonial-style weatherboard homes in the Auckland suburb of Mt Eden – a response to the nearby mountain’s dominant presence in the urban landscape.

Cascading down a seaside slope, this simple holiday ‘shack’ fulfilled a surfer’s dream for a haven to wash the salt off after a day relaxing on Victoria’s Surf Coast on the famous Great Ocean Road.

New Zealand’s first purpose-built green office building is innovative and smart, designed to adapt to its environs and the people who use it.

An all-Aussie timber objective shaped the MADEC Wesley Complex in Mildura – limited only by budget and practicality.

The Australasian furniture industry has been decimated by imports, but then there is New Zealand’s Design Mobel – a genuine sustainable timber design success.

A strategically important new residential development in the UK involved several architectural firms and won major awards.

A project brief to blend buildings with a tree-studded campus and to enhance the learning environment inspired Melbourne architect David Tweedy to shift from the finite to the infinite to create a multifaceted timber structure.

Timber is unquestionably a joy to behold, but leading architect Timothy Hill says it should be marketed less as a material and more as a product.

Making sense of the certified timber specification process and advice on how best to proceed.

A resort-style house in an up-market Kuala Lumpur suburb is turning heads – not least as an effective standard-bearer for timber from around the world.

A new series by wood technology expert Colin MacKenzie begins with some essential guidance on choosing the correct wood for widely variable outdoor conditions.