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A growing range of scientific and anecdotal evidence is pointing to a range of benefits wooden buildings bring to the occupants. The cause of this effect is thought to be biophilia which can be described as the comfort and attraction humans feel to natural and life like things.

Sponsored by WoodSolutions, the Frame Australia 2014 Conference and Exhibition, now in its 16th year and being held at the Park Hyatt Melbourne on May 19, in conjunction with the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia.

Chris Philpot, Planet Ark's Make it Wood campaign manager, recently toured some of the wood architecture, design and manufacturing highlights of New Zealand with the Wood Smart Construction Tour. Here are some of his pictures and words describing the experience.

Chris Philpot, Planet Ark's Make it Wood campaign manager, recently toured some of the wood architecture, design and manufacturing highlights of New Zealand with the Wood Smart Construction Tour. Here are some of his pictures and words describing the experience.

Chris Philpot, Planet Ark's Make it Wood campaign manager, recently toured some of the wood architecture, design and manufacturing highlights of New Zealand with the Wood Smart Construction Tour. Here are some of his pictures and words describing the experience.

Timber framing is one of the world's oldest methods of building with wood. As much art as craft, many timber frames are constructed without metal connections.

Technological advances are creating new opportunities for wood and wood products. As a renewable material, wood has many advantages over the use of resources that are effectively non-renewable. Wood foam is just one of many potential applications for wood that might otherwise be wasted.

WoodSolutions tutorials are created for architects, building designers, engineers and other professionals involved in design and construction.

WoodSolutions Tutorials are available at the Sydney offices of the Timber Development Association in St. Leonards. The Tutorials have been developed for staff of small and large engineering, building designers and architectural firms seeking to increase their timber knowledge.

In this blog, Tony Neilson writes about an ‘object lesson in transport planning’ and explains why his magazine has forsaken the tablet app in favour of a return to the web.

A young Australian architect travelling and studying wood design in Finland, Nic Pratt gives us a fascinating insight into the role of wood in that part of the world.

Sponsored by WoodSolutions, the Australian Timber Design Awards are a national competition to promote and encourage outstanding timber design in the built environment professions. Now in their fifteenth year, the Awards are distinguished by a proud heritage of innovation and achievement.

GASP! That’s the entirely appropriate acronym and brand for an extraordinary new art park beside the Derwent River at Glenorchy in Tasmania. WoodSolutions spoke recently to one of its architects.

WoodSolutions free technical seminars are designed to provide architects, building designers and other design and build professionals with inspiration and generic information about using timber and wood products.

WoodSolutions sponsored tours are an excellent way to be informed and inspired by class-leading projects and innovative design and construction. The small groups also offer good networking opportunities and the chance to engage in one-to-one discussions with speakers and design principals.

The University of Tasmania’s Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood (CSAW) has expanded its suite of timber podcasts in time for 2014 university and TAFE classes.

An extension of the University of Tasmania's School of Architecture & Design, the Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood (CSAW) has, in addition to School of Architecture staff, three experienced researchers and three full-time postgraduate students. The researchers are supported by eight project, administrative and technical staff.

In this report, 'The Business Case for Green Building', the World Green Building Council reviews the costs and benefits of sustainable building for developers, investors and occupants.

Part of our mission to inspire and inform design and building professionals to push the boundaries of the use of wood and wood products, is to encourage conversation and the sharing of information. This LinkedIn group is an opportunity for people involved in timber engineering to share experiences, resources and more.

Young Australian architect, Nicolas Pratt, has recently started a year at Finland's Aalto University where he's enrolled in their Wood Program. He'll hopefully be keeping us in touch along the way - in this blog he explains where and how his Finnish adventure began....

Here's an app for Apple's iOS that gives you quick results for CLT floor and roof calcs. Note: We haven't tested it, it uses EU standards and it's best if you're already proficient in timber design.

The Structural Timber Innovation Company (STIC) is a research consortium supported by Forest and Wood Products Australia Ltd, the industry services company that resources WoodSolutions. The award-winning engineers worked with STIC.

New Zealand architects Bronwen Kerr and Pete Ritchie work in one of the planet’s most beautiful resort towns and spoke at the recent Australian Institute of Architects ‘Spirit of Place’ regional conference in Cairns.

Keeping up with the latest designs in wood and emerging international trends can be a time consuming activity - or you can shortcut the process with timber+DESIGN magazine. Now available in free digital formats.