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Wood Magazine

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Issue 3, 2014

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Healing architecture

Stories

Livsrum in Naestved, Denmark by Effekt

Photo: Peter Aaron
Stories

Egg-shaped concert hall

EMPAC in New York, USA by Grimshaw

Photo: Norman A. Müller
Stories

Individual & industrial

Illwerke Centrum Montafon in Vorarlberg, Austria by Hermann Kaufmann

Photo: Stefan Mueller
Stories

Wood for advanced technical solutions

Production hall Grüsch in Grüsch, Switzerland by Barkow & Leibinger

Photo: Åke E:son Lindman
Stories

Innovative architecture requires courage

Mölle by the sea in Mölle, Sweden by Elding Oscarson

Photo: Rasmus Norlander
Knowledge

Knowledge brings quieter homes

The magazine

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Editorial

Brilliantly renewable!

Mikael Eliasson Director, Swedish Wood

Trä meets

“Work more closely with the forest industry”

Annika Nordin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Chronicles

Framtidsspaning 2025

Magdalena Andersson County governor of Västerbotten and chair of Trästad

  • Photo: John Golings
    In brief

    Sleep well in the embrace of recycled wood

    Hotel Hotel in Canberra, Australia by March Studio

  • Photo: Ternisien
    In brief

    Daring French design

    La Maison-vague in Reims, France by Patrick Nadeau

  • Photo: Uwe Walter
    In brief

    Sinuously playful sculpture

    MobiVersum in Wolfsburg, Germany by J.Mayer H.

  • Photo: Guido Baselgia
    In brief

    New meeting place conceals dull infrastructure

    Stadtgarten in Zug, Switzerland by Planetage & Ramser Schmid

  • Photo: Naoomi Kurozumi
    In brief

    Wall-less »doll’s house« promotes creativity

    House in Kashiwa in Kashiwa, Japan by Yamazaki Kentaro

  • Photo: Michael Moran
    In brief

    Seamless desking

    Superdesk in New York, USA by Clive Wilkinson

  • Photo: Alex de Rijke
    In brief

    Woods’ colourful home

    Woodblock in London, England by dRMM

  • Photo: Pasi Alto
    In brief

    Airy extension stands proud

    Arnegarborgsveg 18 in Trondheim, Norway by Tyin Tegnestue

  • Photo: X-TU
    In brief

    French expo in Italy

    French pavilion in Milano, Italy by X-TU

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      • Previous issues of Trä!
      • Advertise
    • List of Swedish Wood´s publications
      • Architecture in wood
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      • Guide to assessing CLT surface quality
      • Joinery Handbook
      • Moisture-proof CLT construction without a full temporary shelter
      • Guide to CLT in the early stages
      • The CLT Handbook
      • Builders´ App
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      • Ten Points for Timber on Top
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Swedish Wood disseminates knowledge about wood, wood products and wood in construction, contributing towards a sustainable society and a thriving sawmill industry. We achieve this by inspiring, educating and driving technical advances.

Swedish Wood represents the Swedish sawmill industry and is part of the Swedish Forest Industries Federation. Swedish Wood represents the Swedish glulam, CLT and packaging industries, and collaborates closely with Swedish builders’ merchants and wholesalers of wood products.

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