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What's your BAL? WoodSolutions Calculator
Now you can simply and quickly calculate the bushfire attack level (BAL) for any site. The WoodSolutions calculator allows you to see the effect of changing variables, such as the distance to vegetation, and quickly compare results. Useful for people designing, building and occupying metropolitan fringe and country properties.
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New design : talk Dean Picken
WoodSolutions video talks are insights into the values, motivations and opinions of leading architects, engineers, building and interior designers, builders and other industry professionals.
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The Crossover Movement - natural materials and user-centric design
‘Crossover’ is a facet of design with many applications and definitions, and a leading Japanese style-watcher thinks Australia is an outstanding example of the genre.
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Biophilic Design is Changing the Environment
Enrico Cleva, Italian architect and interior designer talks to Tony Neilson about wood in the world of biophilic design and WELL buildings
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Tasmania's first CLT House
Beres Taylor explains the background to their decison to build a CLT home and shows some of teh work in progress.
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'Social tribes' inspired hotel room design a winner
Five international design houses used the ‘Science of Tribes’ social concept to design uniquely imagined guest rooms that were the star attractions at a Sleep hospitality industry interior design show in London.
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New research shows the benefits of bringing nature to work
Employers looking to boost worker productivity should consider using more of one of the world’s oldest and most sustainable materials in their office fit-outs: wood.
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Hear a material disruptor at Frame Australia 2018 - Register Now!
Now in its 20th year, Frame Australia 2018 –Timber Offsite Construction (Monday & Tuesday 18-19 June at Park Hyatt Melbourne), features serial construction disruptor Nick Milestone as a keynote speaker
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Bunjil Place - Grand Prix winner in the 2018 Australian Timber Design Awards
Melbourne’s City of Casey’s spectacular new entertainment precinct, Bunjil Place, added the Grand Prix Award at the Australian Timber Design Awards (ATDA) to its impressive list of achievements.
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Inspiring Examples
A spotlight on timber's natural features and vast range of available finishes, accentuating its beauty which, alongside its many other advantages, makes wood the building material of choice in a wide range of applications.
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