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Best regards
Zmags
SPRING 2012
www.timber-building.com
Schools vote yes in
straw panel poll
Natural birth
environment in CLT
Laminated lattice nets
Wood Awards Gold
OPENING SHOTS:
The cover and this page show ModCell's BaleHaus at Bath,
comprising timber and straw bale panels. The structural
system, described by the company as “photosynthetic
architecture”, has now been used for several school
buildings (see feature on pp16-19).
10
CASE STUDIES
4 Getting them young
Cross-laminated timber creates a
calm, healthy environment at a Bath
neonatal unit.
7 Ancient and modern
Green oak building meets modern
methods of construction at the
Rosslyn Chapel visitor centre.
10 Smart move
Architect Andrea Pyle’s barn
conversion casts OSB in
SPRING 2012 www.timber-building.co
OPENING SHOTS: The cover and this page show Mod
10 CASE STUDIES 4 Getting them young
NEONATAL CARE UNIT CLT makes giant steps in baby
NEONATAL CARE UNIT ❮ The client didn’t have any
Variations on an enigma The historic Rosslyn Chap
Half of each lattice was assembled at ground leve
ROSSLYN VISITOR CENTRE Aside from the stepped n
Smart thinking Exposed OSB is used on almost ever
Wood, trade, conviviality The world famou
Rustic refinement The 2011 Wood Awards Gold winne
WINDMILL HILL
WINDMILL HILL The design is an echo of the sit
GOC’s next input changed thinking on the plywood
Cast in straw No matter how hard the big bad wolf
STRAW BALE
STRAW BALE ❮ is to train and re-skill the long-
Straw science There isn’t a lot ModCell doesn’t k
Falklands FRAMES The remoteness of the Falkland I
FALKLAND ISLANDS
FALKLAND ISLANDS ❮ Th
CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER Brummie baby boomer
CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER
WORTH ABBEY POLLEN'S masterpiece flowers Forty ye
WORTH ABBEY ❮ seats, credence ta
GETTING TO GRIPS with life cycle analysis Life cy
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT ❮ first actions taken wit
ECOBUILD PREVIEW Ecobuild is expected to attra
ECOBUILD PREVIEW Far left: this year's show wi
ECOBUILD PREVIEW JJ Smith Woodworking Machiner
GREEN DEAL Green Deal dividends The government's
TIMBER ENGINEERING Building expertise Richard Har
DESIGN SOFTWARE Changing the game Construction co
FIRE RETARDANTS Fire retardants REFOCUSED Specifi
FIRE RETARDANTS Species specifics Suitability f
ADVERTORIAL The sustainable solution for your
TREATMENTS Lasting the COURSE Timber's carbon cre
Osmose Fire Retardant Technologies
TREATMENTS New opportunities Osmose Europe's
FIRE DOORS AN INSPECTOR CALLS A new diploma hera
COOL AIR Fram Jablite Dynamic Frame Jablite Dyna
WOOD FIBRE INSULATION A HOT PERFORMER TO WATCH W
WOOD FIBRE INSULATION ❮ see any reason why the
WOOD FIBRE INSULATION Wood fibre is a class act
TECHNICAL – EU TIMBER REGULATION
operator assesses the risk as ‘negligible’, then
TECHNICAL – FLOORING TAKING TOTHE FLOOR TRADA'
sulting in the fracture and subsequent loss of ta
TECHNICAL – TIMBER FRAME ZEROING IN ON EMISSIONS
Timber frame is well placed to meet the stricte
NEWS Glulam design “too expensive” for Queen
NEWS Persimmon expands timber frame constructio
NEWS Timber Expo attracts new partners The Bu
NEWS ITW moves to boost Gang-Nail Gang-Nail's
NEWS Innovation at TTJ Awards A new category,
PRODUCT MARKETPLACE To advertise here contact How
UKTFA Adapting to change UK Timber Frame Associat
Design challenge. Sustainable solution. American
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