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Trä magazine

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Issue 4, 2014

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Raising the profile of the building’s fifth facade

Stories

Roof structures in United Kingdom, USA & Germany by Foster + partners, Shigeru Ban, Ackermann + Raff

Stories

Brooding duck watches over the forest

Haltia in Esbo, Finland by Lahdelma & Mahlamäki

Photo: Aedas
Stories

History may promote wood construction in China

Land Experience Center ni Xian, China by Aedas

Photo: Jann Lipka
Stories

Naturum Laponia was made for extreme weather

Naturum Laponia in Stora Sjöfallet, Sweden by Wingårdhs

Photo: Staffan Flodquist
Stories

Labyrinthine, surprising and Nordic

Villa Moelven in Älgö, Sweden by Widjedal Racki

Photo: Åke E:son Lindman
Knowledge

How to build board-on-board and shingle roofs

by Katarina Brandt

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Editorial

Sweden exports climate benefit

Mikael Eliasson Director, Swedish Wood

Trä meets

»Within three years, we’ll be constructing 16-storey buildings in wood«

Stefan Lindbäck Lindbäcks Bygg

Chronicles

Beliefs about wood can lead to mistakes – knowledge is safer

Tore Hansson Associate professor and och super-retiree

  • Photo: Jan Kudej
    In brief

    An escape from reality in charred wood

    Cabin in the woods in Bohemia, Czech Republic by Uhlík architekti

  • Photo: Adolf Bereuter
    In brief

    Bus stops with star quality

    Busstop in Krumbach, Austria by Mixed

  • Photo: Bharath Ramamrutham
    In brief

    The staircase that became a sculpture

    Stairs in Mumbai, India by Arquitectura en Movimiento

  • Photo: Meraner & Hauser
    In brief

    Inspiration from the Dolomites

    House Kostner in Castelrotto, Italy by Modus architects

  • Photo: BIG
    In brief

    An inverse labyrinth

    Big Maze in Washington DC, USA by BIG

  • Photo: Morten Brakestad
    In brief

    Beehive in advanced form

    Beehive in Oslo, Norway by Snøhetta

  • Photo: Kerem Sanliman
    In brief

    Tranquil islands in Azerbaijan

    Heydar Aliyev Int. Airport in Baku, Azerbadjan by Autoban

  • Wood facts
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      • Research results
    • Swedish Wood Learning Portal
  • Building with wood
    • Construction
      • Why wood?
      • Wood and wood-based products
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      • Handling and storage
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      • A variety of wooden structures
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      • Digitalisation of wood products
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      • Previous issues of Trä!
      • Articles Trä magazine
    • List of Swedish Wood´s publications
      • Architecture in wood
      • Commercial Grading of Timber
      • Design of timber structures
      • 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
      • The Glulam Handbook volume 1-4
      • 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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