South African Home Owner

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Timeless in its appeal, wood has remained a staple material found throughout every home since the concept of home began. As an organic, natural material capable of adapting to absolutely every style and trend in both design and manufacture, there wil

Home and Design Trends

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The city of Mysore now boasts a seamlessly crafted house in India’s first North American style Wood Frame Construction (WFC) by Canadian Wood in association with Pyramid Timber Associates. Both the interior and exterior of the house is a robust mix o

Australian Wood Review

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Wood is a complex material consisting of naturally produced compounds that include water, carbohydrates (cellulose and non-cellulosic) and aromatic compounds (lignin). These are organised as mostly long, slender, and hollow cells with tightly wound f

Australian Wood Review

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Shou sugi ban is the dramatic technique of burning timber to a dark char to preserve it, making it fire, weather and pest resistant. The technique originates from Japan, a country where ritual and process are paramount to their culture and trade skil

Nautilus

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Earlier this year, Dan Doctoroff, the C.E.O. of Sidewalk Labs, Google’s sibling company under Alphabet, answered a question about what his company “actually does” during a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session, replying, “The short answer is: We want to b

The Atlantic

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The first thing you notice when you walk into the office of Lever Architecture, in Portland, Oregon, is the smell: fresh, sweet, and vaguely Christmassy. That’s because Albina Yard, the year-old building that houses the office, was built out of fragr

Backyard

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Timber provides a way to enhance any home or garden, as well as a commercial or retail property. Hardwood timber can be used to create comfortable, attractive and flexible features ranging from internal flooring to outside decking and beams. When ren

Home & Decor

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Nothing expresses warmth and timelessness like wood. And furniture made of it can last for generations. Since wood comes from trees and trees need space to grow, you don’t necessarily think of Singapore as a timber producer. But Singapore does produc

BuildHome

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Photography: Eric Sierins and Tracy Wakefield The natural cellular structure of wood, with trapped air pockets, means that lightweight timber is an excellent insulator Wood is nature’s most incredible building material, unsurpassed in environmental c

Log Home Living

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Modern log homes are much more than simply trees that were felled, cut and scribed to make a house. The vast majority of today’s log abodes also feature reclaimed wood either as accents, truss-systems or even the complete structure. The combination o

Real Homes

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This composite decking is made with 95 per cent recycled materials, including plastic and wood flour – a by-product of the wood manufacturing industry from FSC-managed sources. It’s a low maintenance, slip-resistant material that doesn’t rot, stain o

Homebuilding & Renovating

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The Pattens were keen for timber to be key to the design of their traditional-meets-contemporary new build. “Being in the country, it’s important that the way wood weathers blends easily with its surroundings,” says David. “We were lucky to find Alex

Outdoor Rooms

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Timber provides the means to enhance any home or garden, also any commercial or retail property. Hardwood timber can be used to create comfortable, attractive and flexible features ranging from internal flooring to outside decking and beams. When ren

Outdoor Design

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From simple screening solutions to the creation of feature walls and contemporary facades, Futurewood’s range of decorative screening and cladding products can help you completely change the look of your garden as well as add considerable value to yo

Popular Science

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Who's buried in Grant's tomb? Deposit Photos There’s an entire subgenre of American humor derived from carefully placing the punchline into the question itself. For example, the answer to the legendary not-joke “Who’s buried at Grant’s Tomb?” is, qu

Backyard

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Timber provides a way to enhance any home, garden, or commercial or retail property. Hardwood timber can be used to create comfortable, attractive and flexible features ranging from internal flooring to outside decking and beams. When renovating a ho

Homebuilding & Renovating

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Andy and Jodie say the cedar cladding is one of their favourite features of the new design. “People drive past and slow down to take a second look,” says Jodie. “It sets it apart from other houses.” In recent years timber cladding has become a go-to

Architectural Review Asia Pacific

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From houses to ships, furniture to floors, timber has been used in the construction industry – and thus our everyday lives – for centuries. In the realm of modern architecture, it fell out of favour for a period of time, as new materials and technolo

Backyard

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Timber provides a way to enhance any home or garden; also any commercial or retail property. Hardwood timber can be used to create comfortable, attractive and flexible features ranging from internal flooring to outside decking and beams. When renovat

Backyard

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Timber provides a way to enhance any home or garden; also any commercial or retail property. Hardwood timber can be used to create comfortable, attractive and flexible features ranging from internal flooring to outside decking and beams. When renovat

Timber Home Living

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In the sea of coastal-style houses that dot Annapolis, Maryland, Janine and Vince Carran’s mountain-style home stands out. When the niece of the original landowner saw the Carrans’ home, she teared up. “She said it looked like someone had planted a s

Visi

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WORDS RICHARD STRETTON, PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT AT KOOP DESIGN PHOTOS ROGER JARDINE “Make the most of the site and allow ample space to comfortably accommodate an extended family.” This was a key take-out from the brief received by Koop Design from our

Log Home Living

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It’s no secret that a structure is only as strong as the materials it is made of. That’s why it is essential that your timber home is made of a wood species that has been tried-and-tested in the timber frame world — the entire weight of the house (an

Log Home Living

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dpeak@aimmedia.com Every year, the builders, suppliers and producers of many of the exceptional homes we feature in each issue of Log Home Living gather at the National Association of Home Builders’ Building Systems Summit to discuss the current stat

American Farmhouse Style

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Wood is an essential element and building material for farmhouse style. But why? Part of the reason is historical: When settlers were moving out West and farming the land, lumber was the cheapest and most sustainable option for building a farmhouse.

Log Home Living

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Q: Recently, I’ve seen log and timber homes that have a bluish tint to the wood. I actually like the look, but I can’t help but wonder if something is wrong with it. What makes the wood turn blue, and is it safe? A: Blue-stained logs and timbers — ev

American Farmhouse Style

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED: • Three framing lumber boards, 2 inches x 3 inches x 8 feet• Table or hand saw• Wood clamps• Twenty 2 ½-inch wood screws• Sandpaper• Stain of choice (optional) WHAT YOU’LL DO: 1. Cut two of the framing lumber pieces to 7 feet for th

Outdoor Rooms

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Timber provides the means to enhance any home or garden, also any commercial or retail property. Hardwood timber can be used to create comfortable, attractive and flexible features ranging from internal flooring to outside decking and beams. When ren

Backyard

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Timber provides a way to enhance any home or garden; also any commercial or retail property. Hardwood timber can be used to create comfortable, attractive and flexible features ranging from internal flooring to outside decking and beams. When renovat

Backyard

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Timber provides a way to enhance any home or garden; also any commercial or retail property. Hardwood timber can be used to create comfortable, attractive and flexible features ranging from internal flooring to outside decking and beams. When renovat