AN EDUCATION IN WOOD from the Wood Awards 2012 shortlist
The Wood Awards, the flagship for wood in the best of British architecture, furniture and design, sees a vast range of different kinds of projects in its entries, but schools and educated-oriented...
View ArticleWOOD AWARDS 2012 GOLD AWARD GOES TO THE HURLINGHAM CLUB OUTDOOR POOL
EDITORS: For a link to download high resolution images of the Wood Awards 2012 shortlist, contact lucy@charactercomms.com. David Morley Architect's Hurlingham Club Outdoor Pool scooped the top award...
View ArticleTHE WOOD AWARDS TO LAUNCH CALL FOR ENTRIES AT ECOBUILD 2013
Ecobuild 5th – 7th March 2013, ExCeL London Visit the Wood Awards on stand S1140 After a very successful 2012, the Wood Awards - the UK’s premier award scheme for the world’s only naturally...
View ArticleCanada Wood takes the effort out of EUTR
Canada Wood UK has developed a concise brief on the pending European Timber Regulation (EUTR) for ‘operators’ – companies first placing timber or wood products onto the EU market. Covering products as...
View ArticleWood Awards hit the road with new talks, starting at the Hurlingham Club
Click here to book the Hurlingham Club Wood Awards Talk Building on the success of the recent Wood Awards competition, TRADA is organising a new series of site talks and visits of some of the...
View ArticleBeauty is in the eye of the beholder
By Rupert Scott, Membership & Marketing Manager, TRADA The late, great Austrian-born architect Harry Seidler – widely credited with introducing the principles of Bauhaus into his adopted home...
View ArticleTricks of the trade
by David Venables, European Director, American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) I gave away one of my secrets last week to a room full of architects in Portugal, when I was asked how you tell the...
View ArticleTulipwood versus yellow poplar
by David Venables, European Director, American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) Tulipwood and yellow poplar - two accepted commercial names for the same hardwood species (Liriodendron tulipifera). If...
View ArticleWOOD AWARDS SOCIAL MEDIA ENTRIES EXPO FOR 2013 ENTRIES
The Wood Awards - the UK’s premier award scheme recognising excellence in architecture and furniture in the world’s only naturally sustainable material - is now open for entries. The Wood Awards...
View ArticleTwo new dates added to Wood Awards ‘roadshow’
by TRADA Two new dates have been added to TRADA’s Wood Awards ‘roadshow’, the much-anticipated series of site talks and visits to some of the award-winning and shortlisted projects from 2012. Aimed at...
View ArticleTHE WOOD AWARDS 2013 CALL FOR ENTRIES - DEADLINE APPROACHES!
The closing deadline for this year’s Wood Awards of the 24th May is fast approaching. The Wood Awards is open to architectural projects and furniture pieces designed in the UK and Northern Ireland,...
View ArticleWOOD AWARDS 2013 FURNITURE SHORTLIST TO BE EXHIBITED AT 100% DESIGN
The Wood Awards is calling for bespoke and production-made furniture entries for its 2013 competition. Closing deadline is 24th May **now extended to 31st May** and this year, the selected shortlist...
View ArticleTHE WOOD AWARDS 2013 – CALL FOR ENTRIES EXTENDED TO 31st MAY
Due to demand, the deadline for this year’s Wood Awards has been extended by one week to Friday, 31st May 2013. Use the Wood Awards to showcase work you’re proud of, getting recognition for your...
View ArticleDESIGN IN WOOD CONTINUES TO INSPIRE
A record 318 projects were entered in the Wood Awards 2013, the UK’s premier award scheme celebrating excellence in design in wood. The Wood Awards judging panel of building and furniture experts and...
View ArticleTimber industry funds first 13 MSc Timber Engineering scholarships
by Geoff Rhodes - Geoff Rhodes Associates and Chair of FPRI Advisory Board for Edinburgh Napier University For a long time it has been acknowledged by the timber industry that there has been a lack...
View ArticleWOOD AWARDS 2013 ANNOUNCES SHORTLIST
Click here for the Wood Awards 2013 Shortlist Chart. For high resolution images, contact lucy@charactercomms.com. A shortlist of just 30 has been selected from a record entry of 318 British projects in...
View ArticleWood Awards Shortlist at Timber Expo
By Timber Expo Visitors to Timber Expo at the Birmingham NEC, 24-25 September will not only be able to see the Wood Awards shortlist in full but will be able to hear from a number of the shortlisted...
View ArticleShowcasing the merits of wood
by TRADA When an acknowledged style Bible extols the virtues of wood, you know that the material’s star is most definitely in the ascendancy. Commenting on the shortlist for this year’s Wood Awards,...
View ArticleWOOD AWARDS FEATURES 2013 SHORTLIST AT 100% DESIGN AND TIMBER EXPO
A shortlist of just 30 projects have been selected from a record entry of 318 British projects in the Wood Awards 2013, the UK’s premier award scheme celebrating excellence in design in wood. For the...
View ArticleBishop Edward King Chapel takes the Wood Awards 2013 Gold Award
Bishop Edward King Chapel by Niall McLaughlin Architects has taken the Gold Award in this year’s Wood Awards 2013 competition - the flagship for wood in the best of British architecture, furniture and...
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