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Wood Magazine

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Issue 1, 2015

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Modern designs and unlimited opportunities

Stories

Photo: Hundven Clements photography
Stories

Pine warms futuristic landmark

Church of Knarvik in Knarvik, Norway by Reiulf Ramstad

Photo: Pedro Pegenaute
Stories

Industrial precision and local craftsmanship

Art Museum Gösta in Mänttä, Finland by MX_SI

Photo: Åke E:son Lindman
Stories

Pragmatic architecture with a distinctive look

Summerhouse Husarö in Stockholm, Sweden by Tham & Videgård

Photo: Tommy Durath/Martinsons
Knowledge

Research influence building regulations

The magazine

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Editorial

Sustainable cities built in the country

Mikael Eliasson Direktör

Trä meets

»Knowledge is turning more people onto wood«

Marie Johansson Linnaues University

Chronicles

Business concept of the future

Ilija Batljan Deputy CEO & Head of Business Development, Rikshem.

  • Photo: Tor Jusdahl
    In brief

    Modern brewery heals district

    The Brewery in Stockholm, Sweden by Joliark

  • Photo: Partisans
    In brief

    3D scanner creates curvaceous sauna

    Grotto Sauna in Lake Huron, Canada by Partisans

  • Photo: Wingårdhs
    In brief

    Folkhem sets sights on world record

    Hallonbergen in Sundbyberg, Sweden by Wingårdhs

  • Photo: Jack Hobhouse
    In brief

    Geometrical dreams for swimmers

    Alfriston pool i Buckinghamshire, England by Duggan Morris

  • Photo: Stéphane Brugger
    In brief

    Visual treat on voyage of discovery

    Visitor centre in Lake Monroe, Canada by Smith Vigeant

  • Photo: Martinsons
    In brief

    Slim beams create curved bridge

    Träbro in Stockholm, Sweden by Gösta Olsson

  • Photo: Kaori Ichikawa
    In brief

    Open chapel plays in the wind

    Sound of Wind ni Biwa, Japan by Ryuichi Ashizawa

  • Photo: Stian Green
    In brief

    Vertically mirrored homes with a modular structure

    Twin's house in Oslo, Norway by Jarmund Vigsnæs

  • Photo: Ketil Jacobsen
    In brief

    Billowing pine waves

    YME in Oslo, Norway by Snøhetta

  • Photo: Zaha Hadid
    In brief

    Organic forms conveys dark history

    Sleuk Rith Institute in Phnom Penh, Cambodia by Zaha Hadid

  • Wood facts
    • About wood
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      • Wood and moisture
      • Regarding use of blue- stained wood
      • Wood protection
      • Wood grades
    • Research into wood and moisture
      • Research
      • Research results
    • Swedish Wood Learning Portal
  • Building with wood
    • Construction
      • Why wood?
      • Wood and wood-based products
      • Building with wood
      • Handling and storage
      • Surface treatment
      • Fasteners
      • Building regulations
      • Wood quantities
      • The future is growing on trees
      • A variety of wooden structures
      • More about building in wood
      • The age of wooden high-rises
    • Factory-painted and quality-assured external cladding
    • About glulam
      • Glulam and the environment
      • Manufacturers & manufacture
      • Choosing glulam
  • Inspiration
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    • Swedish Wood Award
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  • Sustainability
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      • Forest through the ages
      • Biodiversity and our responsibility
      • The forest’s contribution to tackling climate change
      • Products and use of resources
    • Agenda 2030
    • Climate benefit
      • Architecture and building in wood
      • Wood furniture
      • Wood packaging
      • LCA & EPD
      • Digitalisation of wood products
      • Ecocycle for wood products
    • Partnership
  • Publications
    • Wood Magazine
      • Previous issues of Trä!
      • Advertise
    • 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
  • About us
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    • What Swedish Wood does
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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.

© The Swedish Forest Industries Federation, 2025.

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