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The new Aqua Bodelac MattCoating solutions provider Nippon Paint has announced the launch of its latest product, Aqua Bodelac Matt.Doing away with glossy surfaces and embracing matte finishes, the Aqua Bodelac Matt is formulated to provide an optimal finish for wood and metal surfaces while offering the added...
Andrew Carpenter, CEO of STA (left) and David Hopkins, CEO of TDUK (right)The Timber Development UK (TDUK) and Structural Timber Association (STA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help grow and develop the timber construction market in the UK.Under the terms of the agreement, the two parties...
Signing ceremony between Tang Jinsong, chairman of Wuxi C&D group (left), Bruce St.John, president of Canada Wood Group (Right), and witnessed by Fei Shaoyun, Party Secretary of Jiangsu Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (middle)As of 8 Sep 2023, Canada Wood Group and Wuxi Urban Construction Development Group have...
The small triangular pavilion made using A.I. Timber (Image: Reed Photographic)Maestro, a new construction-technology startup born out of the design and innovation office Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA), is unveiling the prototype for A.I. Timber, a new method for sustainable cross-laminated timber (CLT) production that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to...
In a press release by the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC), five India architects unveiled their designs for the traditional jhoola, an Indian swing seat, at a gala launch at INDEX Mumbai, which took place at the Jio World Convention Centre (JWCC) from 26-28 May 2023.A design collaboration...
The Timberlink team with the South Australian Parliamentary Select Committee in Timberlink’s NeXTimber CLT and glulam plant (Image: Timberlink)Timberlink has produced their first glue-laminated timber (glulam) beam in their cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glulam facility in the South Australian town of Tarpeena.To celebrate this milestone, Timberlink invited the South...
IBEW will take place at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, from 6-8 Sep 2023 (Image: BuildSG)The tentpole event at International Built Environment Week (IBEW) presents the Built Environment Leaders’ Summit. On 6 Sep 2023 the summit will embrace a format designed to foster interdisciplinary conversations within the dynamic built...
Wood-based panels can be considered as a green materialAccording to the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO), the Chinese government will support home furnishing manufacturing enterprises to implement green manufacturing, encourage conditional areas to introduce targeted policies and measures for green manufacturing demonstration enterprises, and promote enterprises to increase R&D...
Image: Stora EnsoStora Enso, a provider of sustainable wood-based building solutions, has launched new and updated building concepts with major industry partners, to offer more versatile and sustainable options for building with wood.“Our building concepts demonstrate best-performing combinations of the Sylva by Stora Enso range of prefabricated wood-based products...
Rendered image of what Stockholm Wood City might be like (Image: Atrium Ljungberg/Henning Larsen)The "world's largest wooden city", as claimed by developer Atrium Ljungberg, is now currently in the works, slated to be built in Sickla, Stockholm, Sweden and designed by architecture studios Henning Larsen and White Arkitekter.Dubbed Stockholm...
