The Wood Magazine "Trä!"
Trä! give you inspiring architecture in wood and is published online quarterly.
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Photo: Setra Trävaror
New surface treatment system delivers more reliable quality
CMP (Certifierad Målad Panel = certified painted cladding) is a system for quality assuring industrially coated cladding boards for external use. It was developed by Swedish Wood in close collaboration with the Swedish sawmill and paint industries plus experts in the fields of wood and surface treatment. Over the past three years, 15 facilities have been certified.
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.
Photo: Magnus Glans
Grab A Chair
The designers chose to work with Swedish pine to create functionality in a contemporary way, simultaneously honoring Swedish tradition and modernity.
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."
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.
Doesn’t it feel like we’re in a wood revolution?
Swedish Forest Industries Federation
Swedish Wood represents the Swedish sawmill industry and is part of the Swedish Forest Industries Federation. The forest industry is one of Sweden’s most important business sectors. It provides employment throughout the country. Thanks to its natural raw materials and products, the forest industry has a key role in the development towards a sustainable, biobased society.