The Wood Magazine "Trä!"
Trä! give you inspiring architecture in wood and is published online quarterly.
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Photo: David Valldeby
Material for openness
Sustainable school. At Morö Backe School in Skellefteå, wood plays a crucial role in both the load-bearing structure and the interior design. It makes its greatest impact in the large atrium with its amphitheatre feel.
Photo: Hampus Berndtson
Modern materials plus local tradition
Dalsland Cottage 2.0 draws inspiration from the classic log cabin. The layout is based on one large social space plus a number of cores housing the private rooms.
Photo: Magnus Glans
Cone - a sideboard
Mikael Blomgren, a student on the Furniture Design programme at Carl Malmsten Furniture Studies, has designed a sideboard in Swedish pine - each representing a successful meeting of Swedish design, Swedish pine and modern Chinese furniture manufacturing.
Photo: Magnus Glans
The Braided Chair
"Design is all about the challenge of balancing and capturing different elements, properties and desires in one form."
Photo: Patrik Ekenblom
Sustainable rentals
Linköping’s new eco-focused apartment block has solar panels, a smoke-free environment and a car and electric bike pool.
Swedish Wood spreads knowledge, provides inspiration and encourages development relating to wood, wood products and wood construction. Swedish Wood also aims to highlight wood as a competitive, eco-friendly and sustainable material.
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