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WoodSolutions Timber Solutions software has just undergone a major update. We are looking for beta testers to trial the new software to ensure its functionality and reliability. People who have used previous versions are preferred as we would like you to run some of your previous calculations though the new application.

As a valued client of WoodSolutions we would like to invite you to designEX 2014 at the Sydney Exhibition Centre, Glebe Island from 28-30 May 2014.

WoodSolutions seminars are created to provide design, engineering and construction professionals with information and inspiration related to the use of wood and wood products.

Around the world designers and builders are seeking to reduce costs and simplify external variables and supply chains by increasing the use of offsite manufacturing and prefabrication. This Italian-based competition is being supported by Marlengo, a firm specialising in wooden prefabrication in collaboration with the Association of Architects of Bergamo. The details below are from the competition site.

WoodSolutions seminars are created to provide design, engineering and construction professionals with information and inspiration related to the use of wood and wood products.

WoodSolutions seminars are created to provide design, engineering and construction professionals with information and inspiration related to the use of wood and wood products.

WoodSolutions Tutorials are available at the Sydney offices of the Timber Development Association in St. Leonards. The Tutorials have been developed for staff of small and large engineering, building designers and architectural firms seeking to increase their timber knowledge.

The timeless appeal of wooden flooring is evident in these award winning examples of craft and innovation.

A growing range of scientific and anecdotal evidence is pointing to a range of benefits wooden buildings bring to the occupants. The cause of this effect is thought to be biophilia which can be described as the comfort and attraction humans feel to natural and life like things.

Sponsored by WoodSolutions, the Frame Australia 2014 Conference and Exhibition, now in its 16th year and being held at the Park Hyatt Melbourne on May 19, in conjunction with the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia.

Chris Philpot, Planet Ark's Make it Wood campaign manager, recently toured some of the wood architecture, design and manufacturing highlights of New Zealand with the Wood Smart Construction Tour. Here are some of his pictures and words describing the experience.

Chris Philpot, Planet Ark's Make it Wood campaign manager, recently toured some of the wood architecture, design and manufacturing highlights of New Zealand with the Wood Smart Construction Tour. Here are some of his pictures and words describing the experience.

Chris Philpot, Planet Ark's Make it Wood campaign manager, recently toured some of the wood architecture, design and manufacturing highlights of New Zealand with the Wood Smart Construction Tour. Here are some of his pictures and words describing the experience.

Timber framing is one of the world's oldest methods of building with wood. As much art as craft, many timber frames are constructed without metal connections.

Technological advances are creating new opportunities for wood and wood products. As a renewable material, wood has many advantages over the use of resources that are effectively non-renewable. Wood foam is just one of many potential applications for wood that might otherwise be wasted.

WoodSolutions tutorials are created for architects, building designers, engineers and other professionals involved in design and construction.

WoodSolutions Tutorials are available at the Sydney offices of the Timber Development Association in St. Leonards. The Tutorials have been developed for staff of small and large engineering, building designers and architectural firms seeking to increase their timber knowledge.

In this blog, Tony Neilson writes about an ‘object lesson in transport planning’ and explains why his magazine has forsaken the tablet app in favour of a return to the web.

A young Australian architect travelling and studying wood design in Finland, Nic Pratt gives us a fascinating insight into the role of wood in that part of the world.

Sponsored by WoodSolutions, the Australian Timber Design Awards are a national competition to promote and encourage outstanding timber design in the built environment professions. Now in their fifteenth year, the Awards are distinguished by a proud heritage of innovation and achievement.

GASP! That’s the entirely appropriate acronym and brand for an extraordinary new art park beside the Derwent River at Glenorchy in Tasmania. WoodSolutions spoke recently to one of its architects.

WoodSolutions free technical seminars are designed to provide architects, building designers and other design and build professionals with inspiration and generic information about using timber and wood products.

WoodSolutions sponsored tours are an excellent way to be informed and inspired by class-leading projects and innovative design and construction. The small groups also offer good networking opportunities and the chance to engage in one-to-one discussions with speakers and design principals.

The University of Tasmania’s Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood (CSAW) has expanded its suite of timber podcasts in time for 2014 university and TAFE classes.