Building new opportunities for timber

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Here we will have details of some of the best examples of best practice across Europe in timber design and construction are found here.

Please contact the project administrator if you have ideas for other examples to be included here.

Case study 1 - Projects by Hughes Architects, Newtown, Wales
Examples of designs from a Mid-Wales firm of various types of building incorporating
timber.

Case study 2 - Comprehensive set of case studies on fire safety of wooden structures

Case study 3 - Ski resort shows how policy and commerce can bring new returns for timber

Case study 4 - Workshop for architectural students in Estonia to build a wooden pavilion

Case study 5 - Fact sheets of students competition in Thuringia

Case study 6 - Cluster Forst und Holz - Chancen für Thüringen - nur in deutsch erhältlich

Case study 7 - GATE Mobile Exhibition - Frontposter

Case study 8 - Wales Student Design Competition - Winning design from Wales

Case study 9 - Slovenia Student Photographic Competition - Winning entries from Slovenia

Case study 10 - Restoration of the National Trust owned Egryn Hall House, near Barmouth, Wales

Case study 11 - Ty Unnos - Sitka spruce housing solution from Wales

Case study 12 - Public opinion survey on wooden buildings in Slovenia
Research carried out by the GATE partners at Ljubljana University. Details in Slovenian, but results and summary in English.

Case study 13 - Information paper for the indurite process for the adding of density to UK grown timber species

Case study 14 - Presentation on Timber Cladding in Wales by Dennis Jones from Wood Knowledge Wales

Case study 15 - Presentation on Timber Cladding and Shingles by Ivor Davies from Napier University Centre for Timber Engineering

Case study 16 - Bridging the Gap - Welsh timber resources and their potential within the construction industry

Case study 17 - Summary of results on the use of wood dust carried out by the Fraunhofer Institute in Thuringia

Case study 18 - Case study of a low cost sustainable house built from local timber in Carmarthen, South Wales by Ian Forman. For further details contact Ian on 07876 631643 or email to: forman.anne@yahoo.co.uk