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A paper titled Very Tall Wooden Buildings with Cross Laminated Timber by J.W.G.Van De Kuilen, A.Ceccotti, Zhouyan Xia and Minjuan He was delivered at the Twelfth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction.

It’s been described as ‘the concrete of the 21st century’ and inspired the term ‘plyscraper’ – read on to discover more about CLT – cross laminated timber or download the free WoodSolutions Handbook.

The twelfth Australian Timber Design Awards, announced in Melbourne, showcased some of the best uses of timber in design and construction.

Planet Ark, one of Australia's best known environmental groups, recognises the benefits of responsibly sourced wood in their new Make It Wood campaign. Read on for the launch announcement.

Share the experience of the 2011 Adelaide Seminar through the views of architect, Tim Simpson

Developed by the CSIRO, AccuRate is designed to help builders and architects deliver greater energy savings in residential buildings, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

WoodSolutions technical guides are a popular information resource and the range of titles continues to grow with the new sacrificial timber construction joints and plywood box beam guides.

Read the profiles of the international and Australian speakers who spoke at WoodSolutions 2011 Seminars in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne.

An old tip site turned recycling depot in the Melbourne outer suburb of Dandenong seems an unlikely place for furniture designers, chefs, architects and artists to find inspiration

As issues around climate change and carbon become increasingly important, the carbon cost of building materials is set to become a common design consideration - with wood an natural beneficiary.

Queensland architect, Dion Seminara, chose wood to design a flood friendly house.

Where do find your information and inspiration? If you’re like most of us, you’ll look at magazines, surf the web, maybe attend some award events, get involved in a professional association and some development groups – and then, of course, there’s travel – near the top of the list for many people.

Airing under the new Planet Ark Environmental Edge brand, a new television commercial highlights the fact that wood stores carbon and that this is an environmental positive.

Sustainable architect, Michael Green demonstrates how you can use off-the-shelf timber products and standard connections to build taller and bigger buildings with wood. The key is to dream big and innovate.

Sustainable architect Michael Green believes that architects have a fundamental obligation to tackle the big issues of climate change and world poverty. The only construction material that delivers a solution to these global challenges is affordable timber sourced from sustainably managed forests.

Environmentalist and architect Michael Green presents the broader motivations for using timber in construction: its natural qualities; its ease of construction; and its positive impact on the bottom line.