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Trä magazine

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Issue 4, 2015

  • Photo: Koji Fujii/Nacasa & Partners
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Japanese harmony between building and nature

Stories

Sayama chapel in Sayama, Japan by Hiroshi Nakamura

Photo: Clément Guillaume
Stories

Privacy and neighbours informed design

Régis Racine in Drancy, France by Alexandre Dreyssé

Photo: Åke E:son Lindman
Stories

Five floors of absolute precision

Ulls Hus in Uppsala, Sweden by Ahrbom & partner

Photo: Åke E:son Lindman
Stories

The Nominated for the 2016 Swedish Timber Prize

The 2016 Timber Prize in Sweden

Photo: Murman arkitekter
Knowledge

CLT – the future has historic roots

by Katarina Brandt

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Editorial

Chinese wisdom shows the way forward

Mikael Eliasson Director, Swedish Wood

Trä meets

We want to help build a cleaner & more attractive city

Arne Olsson Folkhem

Chronicles

Forest’s climate role

Pär Holmgren Natural perils insurance specialist at Länsförsäkringar, author and meteorologist.

  • Photo: Masao Nishikawa
    In brief

    A play loft in a small space

    House Nord in Mitaka, Japan by Kurosaki Satoshi

  • Photo: Estudio Tampiquito
    In brief

    Embraced by books

    Conarte in Monterrey, Mexico by Anagrama

  • Photo: Jonas Adolfsen
    In brief

    Writers’ cabin instead of sea

    Writers' cabin in Oslo, Norway by Jarmund Vigsnæs

  • Photo: David Valldeby
    In brief

    Sustainable dome

    Dome of Visions in Stockholm, Sweden by Kristoffer Tejlgaard

  • Photo: Teqtoniques
    In brief

    Stylish and sympathetic extension in glulam

    Proudhonskolan in Palente, France by Teqtoniques

  • Photo: Roland Halbe
    In brief

    Monolith with views

    Saint-Ange in Grenoble, France by Studio Odile Decq

  • Photo: Florian Holzherr
    In brief

    Holiday home charges batteries

    Gut feeling in Oberaudorf, Germany by Arnhard & Eck

  • Photo: Petra Hajska
    In brief

    Space monster under the oak

    Anthropod in Lodín, Czech Republic by ASGK

  • Photo: Anže Čokl
    In brief

    Shelter for mountain goats

    Overnight shelter in Skuta, Slovenien by OFIS

  • Photo: Frank Dinger
    In brief

    Apparent chaos conceals plan

    KA300 in Karlsruhe, Germany by J Mayer H

  • Wood facts
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      • Regarding use of blue- stained wood
      • Wood protection
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      • 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
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      • Biodiversity and our responsibility
      • The forest’s contribution to tackling climate change
      • Products and use of resources
    • Agenda 2030
    • Climate benefit
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      • Wood packaging
      • LCA & EPD
      • Digitalisation of wood products
      • Ecocycle for wood products
    • Partnership
  • Publications
    • Trä magazine
      • 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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