Tag: Timber design
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Affordable house impresses global judges
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Amongst this year’s World Architecture Festival short list was an unexpected find in the Future Projects - House category — a flat-pack home, designed by RTA Studio.

Free advanced timber design software launches
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Timber Unlimited and CLT Toolbox have launched a new resource to encourage the adoption of new timber design methods in New Zealand — with selected modules for free.

Under the roof
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Abigail Hurst looks at Marian College, the bold transformation of a former Foodstuffs distribution centre by Sheppard & Rout Architects, and what it says about sustainability and schools of the future.

Building Change: The mass timber revolution
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Carbon measurement expert Rebecca Mills, delves into the science behind mass timber’s green claims in an eye-opening exploration into the future of sustainable construction.

WallÉ Mark II set to take shape
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Irving Smith Architects continues to further new generations of timber structural buildings with its latest project in Whakatū Nelson’s central CBD.

Timber arch sets record for size
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Air New Zealand’s new Hangar 4 is set to be the largest timber arch in the southern hemisphere.

The technology of the trees
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Chris Barton finds at Scion’s Innovation Hub, Te Whare Nui o Tuteata, in Rotorua – by RTA Studio, in collaboration with Irving Smith Architects – a showcase of radically new methods in multilevel timber construction and a benchmark for achieving net-zero embodied carbon.

NZ Wood-Resene Timber Design Awards 2020: Winners announced
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From a warm Auckland home to a Wellington civic space, this NZ Wood-Resene awards programme has named its 2020 winners.

2020 Timber Design Awards: Finalists announced
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The NZ Wood Resene Timber Design Awards reveal the shortlist for their annual celebration of building with timber.

Timber Design Awards: Winners Announced
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Projects from around New Zealand were honoured last week for their innovative use of timber at the 2018 Timber Design Awards.

XLam expands as Kiwis think timber
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XLam invest $5 million in to its Nelson plant as Rotorua encourages Kiwis to design with timber.

Entries open: 2018 Timber Design Awards
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Stage One entries are now being accepted for the 2018 NZ Wood–Resene Timber Design Awards.

Winners: Intergrain Timber Vision Awards
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An inner-city library and a beachside public toilet block are among the winners of the 2017 Intergrain Timber Vision Awards.

Timber Design Awards 2017: winners
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The winners of the NZ Wood Resene Timber Design Awards 2017 were announced at a gala function on Thursday 9 March.

Finalists: 2017 Timber Design Awards
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NZ Wood has just announced the Stage One finalists for the Resene Timber Design Awards 2017.

Entries open: 2017 Timber Design Awards
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Stage One entries are now being accepted for the 2017 NZ Wood–Resene Timber Design Awards.

2015 Timber Design Awards: winners
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A ‘lyrical’ timber library building has taken out the top prize at the NZ Wood Resene Timber Design Awards 2015.

Shiver me timbers
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Utilising new technology and materials, the construction of multi-storey timber buildings in New Zealand is quickly growing.