beX wins award for employer engagement
We were thrilled to hear that the Built Environment Exchange won the “Outstanding employer engagement in universities” prize at the Herald Higher Education Awards. The […]
Combustible materials on high-rise buildings
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government recently published a consultation document on their proposal to ban the use of combustible materials in the […]
New MSc in Timber Architectural Design and Technology
Edinburgh Napier University has introduced an MSc on Timber Architectural Design and Technology – the first programme of its kind in the UK. (info: Full […]
How not to be twisted
This is a guest post by Mike Jarvis, Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Chemistry at Glasgow University and one of the original architects of […]
Tiling batten sizes (UK)
This is a short post looking at how tiling batten dimensions (according to the standards, at least) have changed over the years. It is sometimes […]
The strength of tiling battens (UK)
BS 5534:2014+A2:2018, the UK code of practice for slating and tiling for pitched roofs and vertical cladding, contains rules for visual grading of tiling battens. […]
Wood in pianos
A while ago we were contacted by the Pianodrome project, asking for some help identifying wood species. They plan to build a 100-seat amphitheatre entirely from […]
Wood for materials
Wood is a very useful material. In the future we will be able to make even more things from wood …and the components of wood. […]
VERAM Roadmap 2050
************* Edit 17/4/2018: the VERAM roadmap is now launched. Read it here. ************* The VERAM project is producing a Roadmap for European Raw Materials in […]
Structural timber awards 2018
The Structural Timber Awards is a great showcase for innovation in building with wood – both in architectural design and engineering excellence. For that reason […]