Search Results: 'The American Hardwood Export Council'

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

On Design
22 May, 2017
A project involving AHEC, Italian designer Benedetta Tagliabue and UK furniture make Benchmark highlighted the value in using less-known timber species during Milan Design Week

A new take on sustainability
22 May, 2017
US hardwood is now backed with a comprehensive set of data and systems to providelegality and sustainability assurance, without certification. Rupert Oliver reports

From china to cricket
21 April, 2017
The Timber Trade Federation’s (TTF) UK Hardwood Conference took a wide sweep of issuesthe sector must address, but with an optimistic outlook. Mike Jeffree reports

Wood Awards 2017 call for entries
16 March, 2017
The Wood Awards: Excellence in British Architecture and Product Design has now launched its 2017 call for entries.

No Brexit Big Bang
20 February, 2017
The UK hardwood sector says the EU referendum complicated trade, but had minimal impact on overall sales last year. Mike Jeffree reports

A pivotal point in CLT building
25 January, 2017
The latest Maggie’s Centre project is a showcase for hardwood CLT construction, Mike Jeffree discovers

A hardwood CLT building first
20 January, 2017
Professor Alex de Rijke, founding director of wood-loving architecture practice de Rijke Marsh Morgan — dRMM — reflects on the invention of hardwood CLT and its latest application in progress at Maggie’s Oldham

A hardwood CLT building first
20 January, 2017
Professor Alex de Rijke, founding director of wood-loving architecture practice de Rijke Marsh Morgan — dRMM — reflects on the invention of hardwood CLT and its latest application in progress at Maggie’s Oldham