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Read more: In the Best Light

Multi-storey LVL system a world first Wood is about to start beating at the door of a traditional cement and steel stronghold – the multi-storey building. And the irony is that the core technology on which this exciting new development is based comes from the concrete industry. Researchers at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand have recently designed and constructed the world's first large-scale pre-stressed timber test building – with internationally significant results.

Read more: Higher Aspirations

Read more: Life Cycle Paralysis

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A story of a ‘conversion’ that became a new build project by accident, and finished up winning a best-private-house award.

Continuing our series profiling important commercial timber species – this time it is American red oak.

In the concrete-dominated zoo of Canberra’s major institutional architecture sit two new kiosks that bring welcome relief – in more ways than one.

A 1930s Auckland substation now doubles as a swanky and innovative ‘aspirational’ centre for a major New Zealand business.

It stood, robustly, on the edge of Lake Burley Griffin for nearly a century – now it makes a major contribution to Canberra’s reputation as a glass arts centre.

They say it is the ‘Holy Grail for institutional facilities’. Go to the centre spread and judge for yourself.

It was a sawmill site, now a sewer and wastewater management system, and winner of the 2008 Wood WORKS! green building award.

Claims of greater stability and straightness accompany the release in Australia and New Zealand of a new LVL framing product.

Timber is enjoying something of a renaissance in Japan – particularly preservative-treated local species.

A special report from fire safety engineering expert Dr Tracy Wakefield contains good news for wood in bushfire-prone areas.

Dave Jones knows more than most about Australia’s mineral riches – but there is another, greater natural treasure.

The ‘fundamentals’ seem right to consider greater use of timber in educational buildings.

Achieving a great result with wood and what you should know about timber types and finishes.

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