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Modern methods of construction use timber. Find out the ways wood is transforming construction and access best practice guidance.
Timber is at the heart of a revolution in building. Our members are pushing forward best practices around the use of timber and ensuring that this material is put to best use. This means buildings which last and transform with their users.
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designTimber – New Wave House
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Learn from the multidisciplinary team behind New Wave House in this designTimber webinar.
- Event short description (used on home page): Learn from the multidisciplinary team behind New Wave House in this designTimber webinar.
NWTTA Batten Learning Day
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Event short description (used on home page):
Become a ‘Batten Champion’: elevate your expertise, protect your customers and support better roofing standards across the industry.
- Event short description (used on home page): Become a ‘Batten Champion’: elevate your expertise, protect your customers and support better roofing standards across the industry.
Featured resources
Non-destructive testing techniques minimise disruption and the need for opening works when examining timber in-situ.
Different wood-decaying organisms feed on wood and can deface or degrade timber. When damage is found, identifying which insects or fungi are responsible both informs the repairs required and the approaches for future prevention.
New Model Building sets out design principles demonstrating how mass timber can be used safely to construct residential buildings up to 18 metres in height. This overview Guide describes why we need the New Model Building and what it includes.
If timber is to realise its potential, we must know what we mean when we say timber.
Case studies
The award-winning Homerton College Dining Hall by Feilden Fowles celebrates the structural capability and natural beauty of timber by forging a modern response to traditional forms of construction.
This primary school extension was designed by Sarah Wigglesworth Architects to reflect the forest school ethos, which holds that learning through the the outdoor environment is key to helping children build resilience, resourcefulness and an ability to work together. Enjoying views out into the surrounding tree canopy, the extension to the school consists of a series of indoor and outdoor spaces: an additional classroom, a special educational needs room, a library, an extended hall, new toilets, and a wellington boot and outdoor equipment store.