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Trä magazine

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Issue 4, 2016

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Steamy seafront venue

Stories

Löyly in Helsinki, Finland by Avanto Architects

Photo: Tim Crocker
Stories

Abbey with modest form

Stanbrook Abbey in North York Moors, England by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Photo: Kolmårdens djurpark/Justin Garvanovic
Stories

Dizzying forces in a different dimension

Wildfire in Kolmården, Sverige by Rocky Mountain Construction

Photo: Scarcity and Creativity Studio
Stories

Form meets function in a rural setting

Smallholding in Nes, Norway by The Scarcity and Creativity Studio

Photo: Svenskt Trä
Knowledge

Fixings that handle major loads

Fixings

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Editorial

Innovation requires knowledge

Mikael Eliasson Director, Swedish Wood

Trä meets

“Wood was more exciting than working with concrete.”

Andrew Lawrence Arup

Chronicles

Good conditions for more wooden housebuilding

Peter Eriksson Peter Eriksson, Minister for Housing and Digital Development

  • Photo: Günter Richard Wett
    In brief

    Youngsters get art room

    Bilding in Innsbruck, Austria by Studio3 Institute for Experimental Architecture

  • Photo: Johan Dehlin
    In brief

    Students float new ideas

    Pavilion of Reflections in Zürich, Switzerland by Studio Tom Emerson, ETH Zürich

  • Photo: Nacása & Partners
    In brief

    House vision 2016

    House Vision in Tokyo, Japan by Sou Fujimoto

  • Photo: Oopeaa
    In brief

    Periscope and viewing tower in one

    Periscope Tower in Seinäjoki, Finland by Oopeaa

  • Photo: Dino Soldin
    In brief

    Round shapes in plywood

    Digital Wood in Gothenburg, Sverige by Oskar Gillkvist, Viktoria Henriksson and Emil Poulssen

  • Photo: MIR
    In brief

    Glacial World Heritage more accessible

    The Edge in Ilulissat, Greenland by Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter

  • Photo: Bernhard Fiedler
    In brief

    Floating design shows off plants

    Kubik in Wien, Austria by Josep

  • Photo: C.F. Møller Arkitekter
    In brief

    New district takes shape in wood

    Örnsro trästad in Örebro, Sweden by C.F. Møller arkitekter

  • Photo: Snøhetta
    In brief

    Church design reaches for the heavens

    Excelsior in Ulsteinvik, Norway by Snøhetta

  • Photo: Eiichi Kano
    In brief

    Woven pine magics away steel

    Xie Xie café in Hangzou, China by Kooo architects

  • Wood facts
    • About wood
      • Wood and sustainability
      • Wood as a material
      • 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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    • Interior architecture
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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
    • 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
  • About us
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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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