Timber is used in a wide range of applications, one of which as wood flooring. The ability of timber to create a sense of warmth makes it a suitable choice for flooring in both residential and commercial properties. In recent times, wood flooring trends have changes in that wood is used more abundantly throughout the property in spite of the natural limitations that timber has under some circumstances.

TRADA Technology has extensively revised its Wood Information Sheet (WIS) Glued laminated timber. Glulam is a generally stronger than the timber from which it is made – and manufacturers can produce virtually any size, section and profile, subject to transportation limitations.

Ths TRADA stand at Ecobuild 2012 will showcase the winning design by Stephanie Lewis in the Timbmet-sponsored competition for students of architecture at Oxford Brookes University to design a demountable timber pavilion. The footprint wil measure 5m x 4m and the structure will be made from birch plywood.

This project is about taking the V&A out onto the street and celebrates the London Design Festival residency at the museum.

The brief for the project comprises space for the Rothschild Foundation Archive and office space for the charity investment organisation. The archive space includes the main library reading room, offices for archive staff and the archive stores themselves. These three activities are formed round three sides of a sloping garden with the fourth side open to views to the south. The charity investment offices are within a two-story space across the courtyard garden from the reading room. This building contains, meeting rooms and open plan office space set within a building similar in appearance to the archive group. Between the office building and the archive group is situated the courtyard. This space is very important as it provides a formally landscaped garden that serves as the arrival courtyard to the whole project.

Running across both days of Timber Expo will be TRADA’s flagship conference In Touch with Timber. Essential for everyone that wants to learn about the latest developments across key industry areas.
The 2011 sessions will feature several high-calibre speakers discussing why timber is one of the most exciting, flexible and sustainable building materials available.

Timber cladding is an attractive and sustainable method of providing weather resistance to a building, but has weathering characteristics and a vulnerability to deterioration that need to be anticipated to obtain best performance.

To help visitors get the most out of their day at Ecobuild, TRADA is offering guided timber tours.

Choosing between tours A or B, delegates will visit around 10 member stands where they will learn about the latest innovations in timber and timber-related products.

Exterior decking not only provides the industry with decking and cladding, they are sometimes required to provide something that little bit special. Having researched for more techniques to achieve different finishes on timber decking and cladding we decided to investigate the Shou-Sugi-Ban technique

In Fall 2007, Princeton Architectural Press published "Minka: My Farmhouse In Japan," the memoir of retired AP foreign correspondent John Roderick. Moved by the story of this remarkable house and the memories it contained, and with seed funding from the Graham Foundation, we began work on a documentary film about John, his adopted son architect Yoshihiro Takishita, and the 250-year old house they shared. John died in March 2008 at the age of 93. "Minka" is a meditation on place, architecture, memory and the meanings of home.

The TRADA Technology Bookshop is currently taking pre-orders with free post & packing for the forthcoming book: Low energy timber frame buildings: designing for high performance - best practice energy efficiency design guide; - emphasises cost effective approaches for designers and consumers.

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The big story here is not just that it ever managed to happen in the first place – not that the planning story was particularly run of the mill, taking almost two years of their lives to lobby and work with local planners and councillors to finally gain permission – but that it can also claim with some justification to be an absolutely A1, top-of-the-class, eco-friendly home, despite its whopping size.

It’s the ultimate self-build story. Rob and Alithea Dawson bought a 35-acre woodland site for £10,000 and spent seven years in a mobile home trying to get planning on it. They have eventually built themselves a remarkable home in oak on a DIY basis for just £98,500.