Search Results: 'The American Hardwood Export Council'

AHEC’S multiply – the sum of its parts
16 October, 2018
The London Design Festival’s timber pavilion, MultiPly, is an example of a truly successful and innovative collaboration between leading industry and academic partners, writes Mark Milne, technical manager, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC)

AHEC’S multiply – the sum of its parts
16 October, 2018
The London Design Festival’s timber pavilion, MultiPly, is an example of a truly successful and innovative collaboration between leading industry and academic partners, writes Mark Milne, technical manager, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC)

Timber sector turns out in force for TTJ Awards
24 September, 2018
More than 400 people attended the annual TTJ Awards last Friday, with guest speaker and host Jo Caulfield providing the entertainment at new venue the InterContinental Hotel in Park Lane, London.

Design relates red oak story
28 August, 2018
One of Poland’s leading designers has created a collection of contemporary furniture informed by the supply and production process of America’s most populous hardwood. Mike Jeffree reports

Mind the gap - Philip Koomen
26 July, 2018
Philip Koomen, director of Philip Koomen Furniture and a visiting senior fellow at the Open University Business School highlights Rycotewood Furniture Centre’s efforts to bridge the gap between industry and education

Mind the gap
26 July, 2018
Philip Koomen, director of Philip Koomen Furniture and a visiting senior fellow at the Open University Business School highlights Rycotewood Furniture Centre’s efforts to bridge the gap between industry and education

V&A to showcase tulipwood CLT pavilion
25 May, 2018
Waugh Thistleton Architects, the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) and ARUP are collaborating to present Multiply –†a 9m-high modular cross-laminated tulipwood pavilion. The pavilion will be located in the Sackler Courtyard of the V&A Museum from September 15.

Hardwood CLT structure to star at London Design Festival
23 May, 2018
Waugh Thistleton Architects, the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) and ARUP are collaborating to present ‘MultiPly’, a modular cross-laminated tulipwood pavilion in central London for the London Design Festival.

Storing up creative talent
22 May, 2018
In its latest project to widen uptake of red oak in Europe, AHEC is working with young furniture designer/makers at the start of their careers. Mike Jeffree reports

Why we mustn’t ignore red oak
22 May, 2018
It’s the most prolific US hardwood and consumers like it, so isn’t it time European buyers gave red oak another look, asks American Hardwood Export Council European director David Venables

Why we mustn’t ignore red oak
22 May, 2018
It’s the most prolific US hardwood and consumers like it, so isn’t it time European buyers gave red oak another look, asks American Hardwood Export Council European director David Venables

Supply and demand squeeze
22 May, 2018
The UK hardwood sector is caught between a more cautious market and global supply constraints. Mike Jeffree reports

Seeing Red
21 May, 2018
On the front page of this issue is one of the most striking recent applications of timber I can remember. It is in the City of London at the new HQ of Bloomberg and was designed by renowned architects Foster and Partners.

Seeing Red
21 May, 2018
On the front page of this issue is one of the most striking recent applications of timber I can remember. It is in the City of London at the new HQ of Bloomberg and was designed by renowned architects Foster and Partners.

A us hardwood window to the World
31 January, 2018
The US may already be the world’s biggest hardwood supplier, but AHEC sees exciting opportunities for developing its global market further, industry veteran Dave Bramlage told Mike Jeffree, as he stepped down as AHEC chair

Prize Projects
29 December, 2017
The winning projects in this year’s Wood Awards illustrate timber’s versatility and aesthetics for structural, interior and exterior applications

Globalisation, branding and building the future
29 December, 2017
Hardwood trade representatives from across the globe converged on Venice for the International Hardwood Conference, reports Mike Jeffree

New sustainability solutions
14 June, 2017
How to stand up a sustainability claim for uncertified hardwood was the theme of a recent seminar co-hosted by James Latham, the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) and Timber Trade Federation (TTF).

AHEC map drills down on US hardwood sustainability
30 May, 2017
The American Hardwood Export Council has unveiled an open access online interactive map that demonstrates the sustainability of the US hardwood forest down to county level.

Boundary breakers
22 May, 2017
AHEC’s US hardwood structural showcase projects were not only designed to attract global media coverage, but to inform the real commercial world of construction. We’re now seeing the outcomes. Mike Jeffree reports