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Gorbals chills kept at bay
14 December, 2013
TTJ Awards finalist Skaala Windows & Doors is manufacturing and installing £6.5m-worth of windows and balcony doors at a Glasgow housing association development. Sally Spencer reports.

Getting into the shop window
02 December, 2013
Want to see the modern, forward thrusting face of timber use in the UK? Just pick up a copy of this year’s stunning Wood Awards results supplement – and you have your own personal one tucked into this edition of TTJ.

Getting into the shop window
02 December, 2013
Want to see the modern, forward thrusting face of timber use in the UK? Just pick up a copy of this year’s stunning Wood Awards results supplement – and you have your own personal one tucked into this edition of TTJ.

Bishop Edward King Chapel wins Wood Awards gold
20 November, 2013
The glulam-framed Bishop Edward King Chapel in Oxford has won Gold in this year’s Wood Awards.

Timber comes out tops in Structural Awards
20 November, 2013
Timber features strongly among the winning projects in this year's Structural Awards organised by the Institution of Structural Engineers.

Wood Awards winners revealed this week
18 November, 2013
It’s November and the UK’s biggest awards event for wood in architecture – the Wood Awards – is preparing to unveil this year’s winners

Next generation wises up
05 October, 2013
The next generation of Frame Wise’s Wise Wall closed panel timber frame system has just been launched – and there will be more to come. Robin Meade reports

Timber Expo: English Woodlands Timber success
05 October, 2013
English Woodlands Timber had received enough enquiries by lunchtime on the first day to judge the show a success.

Grown in Britain buzz is building
21 September, 2013
The stunning trophies presented to the winners at last week's buoyant, buzzing TTJ Awards were sharp and modern. Appropriately so, as they showcased timber at the leading edge. They were made in a combination of ultra-durable modified Accoya and its MDF equivalent, Medite Tricoya. This, as our clearly impressed trophy sculptor Ray Winder pointed out, meant they would keep their futuristic looks even if winners left them outdoors as a garden feature.

TTJ Awards 2013 – The Reception
21 September, 2013
Around 330 people attended this year’s TTJ Awards at The Savoy, London, where they were entertained by guest speaker, broadcaster Huw Edwards.

Industry sum is greater than its parts
21 September, 2013
The industry should pull together to actively promote timber, says Liz Richards, marketing director at Timbmet

TTJ Awards 2013 – The Winners
21 September, 2013
Chris Sutton of James Latham displays the 2013 TTJ Timber Trader of the Year Award, announced by guest speaker Huw Edwards. This year's Awards, held at The Savoy in London, were enjoyed by around 330 guests from across the timber and related industries. They finished the day with post-Awards drinks at the Coal Hole pub, sponsored by Snows Timber. Accsys Technologies and Coillte Panel Products supplied the trophies while English Woodlands Timber supplied the table centres.

Industry sum is greater than its parts
21 September, 2013
The industry should pull together to actively promote timber, says Liz Richards, marketing director at Timbmet

Hardwood products on show at 100% Design
19 September, 2013
The Canadian wood products sector and the UK hardwood flooring industry have a strong presence at the 100% Design show this week.

Weinig chairman wins top Olympics role
18 September, 2013
The chairman of German woodworking machinery company Weinig AG has landed arguably the top position in world sport – president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

James Latham scoops top prize at TTJ Awards
13 September, 2013
Broadcaster Huw Edwards read out hot news from the timber trade yesterday – James Latham winning the coveted Timber Trader of the Year title at the TTJ Awards 2013.

Continuity and commitment
07 September, 2013
Timber Expo may have a new home this year but at least one element will remain familiar – the presence of the Irish pavilion. Sally Spencer reports

TRADA talks timber
07 September, 2013
TRADA’s Timber Talks programme at this year’s Timber Expo aims to meet specifiers’ large appetite for information on building with wood.

The essential selection
07 September, 2013
As Timber Expo gears up for its third show, event director Loretta Sales picks out some of this year’s highlights.

Step up for a show of unity
07 September, 2013
A team of Swiss engineers is currently putting together a spectacular, 7.7m-high cross-laminated US tulipwood structure outside London's world-renowned Tate Modern gallery. Comprising a series of interlocking flights of stairs, it forms part of the London Design Festival and is the American Hardwood Export Council's (AHEC) latest dramatic showpiece project at the annual event to promote the potential of US hardwoods.