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Timber on top form
29 February, 2024
The Wood Awards celebrate the use of timber in standout architecture and product design – and 2023 provided a bumper crop

Wood Awards 2023 shortlist announced
12 September, 2023
Twenty buildings and 14 furniture projects have been shortlisted for this year’s Wood Awards – which celebrate excellence and innovation in timber architecture and design.

A new route to certification
28 August, 2023
The goal of the US Sustainable Hardwood Coalition is a certification scheme that really works for small scale forest ownership, writes American Hardwood Export Council consultant George White

US hardwood unpacked
28 August, 2023
AHEC’s American Hardwood Trade Symposium packed out its London venue and delivered a full programme, addressing latest trade trends and the sector’s challenges, opportunities and initiatives. Symposium chair Mike Jeffree reports

Renewable design times three
28 August, 2023
The multi-layered qualities of US hardwoods were highlighted in a Nordic design challenge. Mike Jeffree reports

A template for timber workspace
26 April, 2023
TTJ featured the new Black & White Building in London in its last edition. Here the owner, the architect and AHEC, which consulted on the project, share their views on its signifi cance for timber building. Mike Jeffree reports

The case in black and white
16 February, 2023
A new building in London presents the case for thermo-treated tulipwood in black and white. Mike Jeffree reports

Back to the future
16 February, 2023
TTJ takes a look inside Central London’s tallest mass-timber structure, The Black & White Building, uncovering how James Latham played a key role in the project and the site’s historic signifi cance to the distributor

AHEC unveils certification project
22 December, 2022
With certified sustainability and legality increasingly a default requirement in the global timber trade, a new approach to certification is evolving in the US. Mike Jeffree reports

International Hardwood Conference discusses market stresses
09 November, 2022
The International Hardwood Conference, organised in Lyon by the French National Wood Federation (FNB), the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) and the European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF), took place on October 28.

Wood Awards announces shortlist for 2022
02 September, 2022
The Wood Awards 2022 shortlist has been announced, revealing a stunning array of British architecture and product design using wood.

Making a stand on red oak
10 June, 2022
A leading furniture manufacturer decided to drop European oak for its new designs due to price and supply issues. Mike Jeffree reports

US builds on UK imports lead
10 June, 2022
US hardwoods have put in a muscular performance in the UK market over the last 18 months. Mike Jeffree reports

Healthy Demand Meets Supply Stress
08 April, 2022
UK hardwood sales may be ‘normalising’, but importers say the challenge ahead will be getting hold of timber. Mike Jeffree reports

Appliance of science
04 February, 2022
Mike Jeffree reports on World Forest ID, a project to establish a global timber traceability system

2022 What lies ahead?
04 February, 2022
The tumult of 2020 was followed by an equally unpredictable 2021, but what will this year bring? TTJ asked key players in the industry how they think the year may play out

Discovering diversity
13 December, 2021
In AHEC’s Discovered project young design talent worldwide explored the technical performance and aesthetic potential of lesser-used US hardwoods. Mike Jeffree reports

Hike in US hardwood imports
03 November, 2021
UK imports of US hardwood lumber were up 86% by volume and 72% by value in the first eight months of 2021 according to latest figures from the American Hardwood Export Council.

TTJ awards chooses nobu for anniversary
21 July, 2021
The annual TTJ Awards celebrates 25 years on September 17 with a new venue and guest speaker now confirmed. Stephen Powney reports

Atomic level validation
15 June, 2021
Science-based traceability techniques, like stable isotope ratio analysis could be a hugely valuable piece of the sustainable timber sourcing jigsaw, says the American Hardwood Export Council. Mike Jeffree reports