Performance

Architect Paul Haar has applied engineered timber products with elegance to address a massive structural challenge and create a warm but powerful architectural expression.

A “home among the gum trees”, this 1000 m2 residence sits 140m above a valley and on a 30 to 60 degree slope - the concept was to ‘float’ amongst the trees.

The development objectives were to create a beach community based on sustainable design principles, where each home visually engages with the ocean, has generous outdoor living room, and a sense of community through density, building relationships.

A world first for its innovative use of LVL in the structure of a multi‐storey building, the NMIT building also incorporates a new generation of earthquake-­resistant engineering technology.

The free form, wide span wooden cupola with its multiple layers was made possible through parametric programming that included design facilities and options, statics, production, CNC machining, transport and assembly parameters

When Outcrop House was judged overall winner of the 2008 Australian Timber Design Awards, architect Peter Stutchbury modestly described the work as “one of restraint” – an enclave offering comfort, ease, place and dreaming, and promoting contemplation.

Cottage Point House is located in an isolated settlement within Ku-ring-gai National Park on the waterfront of Coal and Candle Creek. The site is oriented east over the shallow bay, facing the weathered horizontal sandstone escarpments.

An innovative timber structure that demonstrates how Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) is better than steel in structural applications, particularly for ease of construction and performance.

A school becomes an integrated community hub where the versatile qualities of timber are used throughout to create an award-winning learning environment.

An award-winning building where timber is featured to spectacular effect as well as adding the warmth and character that make residents feel at home.

The new two-storey head office of STGM Architects in Quebec City features timber in an impressive list of innovative design, construction and environmental performance applications.

Forte Living is a 10 storey apartment building made from cross laminated timber (CLT), an innovative new timber construction material.