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Editor’s pickBrooklyn wood frame townhouse a show of innovative design

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This 20-foot-wide wood frame townhouse, located at the end of a row along a narrow side yard, had existing front and rear extensions. The building volume was selectively manipulated—in some cases through addition, in others through subtraction—to improve room sizes, sequences and adjacencies. Generously sized skylights, window walls and glazed corners were employed to make the most of …

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Editor’s pickBelarusian Memorial Chapel, the first wooden church to be built in London since the 1600s

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Dedicated to the victims of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the Belarusian Memorial Chapel was built for the Belarusian diaspora population in the United Kingdom (U.K.). Notably the first wooden church to be built in London after the Great London Fire in 1666, the structure pay homage to Belarus’ Wooden Church Heritage. Designed by Spheron Architects, an up-and-coming architecture …

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Editor’s pickIn China’s Kunyu Mountain National Park, more than just a place of rest

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Though it is a pilot project that uses wood to build a public washroom, the structure situated in China’s environmentally-sensitive Kunyu Mountain National Park was also designed to be a place of rest. A location that offers visitors one of the best viewing spots of the mountain, this sustainable and geometric structure was constructed with an innovative low-impact design approach and …

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Editor’s pickThis wooden open air theatre in London is where you want to be this summer

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Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in London celebrated its 80th season with a series of significant new buildings in 2012. Haworth Tompkins rebuilt the theatre, replete with dressing rooms, wardrobe, workshops, box office and sheltered seating canopy. Central to the renovation is the new Box Office and public face of the theatre, open all year round. When completely closed, the Box Office …

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Editor’s pickMandal Slipway Housing recounts the meeting of timber construction and the open sea

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Situated in Lower Malmø, right at the exit of Mamdalselva in the Mannefjord, Mandal, Norway, is a town that boasts stunning timber architecture. Located where the river meets and flows into the sea, the “Slippen” housing complex has become an icon with its unique roof and minimal window details, reflecting the character of the town, and inspired by Mandal’s unique …

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News

Montréal Wood Convention 2018 highlights China as market of growing …

The 2018 Montreal Wood Convention brought together nearly 1,000 participants from 20 to 22 March. The challenges of transport logistics and labour as well as the opportunities offered by the growing Chinese economy were widely discussed during the event. "The wood products industry needs to work on succession planning, job creation, regional …


Sylvawood 2018

Columbia Forest Products to expands plywood production with in partnership with …

Ontario is supporting Columbia Forest Products to expand its plywood mill in Hearst and Rutherglen, creating almost 350 jobs and boosting economic growth. With support from Ontario's Jobs and Prosperity Fund, the company will be able to grow its business and increase efficiency by modernising its infrastructure and purchasing new equipment to …


BIFA WOODMAC 2018

Kronospan launches design centre in Warsaw

Kronospan's new Design Centre in Warsaw Kronospan has launched a new showroom in Warsaw, Poland, where architects, designers and carpenters are invited to explore its full range of contemporary …


Structural panel production in North America to reach 1 billion square feet in …

Housing starts in the U.S. is forecasted to reach 1.3 million units in 2018. Single-family starts are projected to account for roughly 70 per cent of the starts. Canadian housing starts in 2017 were near 220,000 and projected at 210,000 units in 2018. The projections are part of the 2018 Structural Panel & Engineered Wood Yearbook, which …


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WMF 2016 - Exhibitor Interview: Mr. Piergiorgio Franca, Chief Executive Officer of Biesse China 专訪比雅斯中国首席执行官Piergiorgio Franca先生

1.「智能制造」成为制造业的热点，针对这一形式，比雅斯如何应对中国市场需求？ 
Piergiorgio Franca先生：自2014年起，智能制造在全球都显得非常重要，比雅斯致力在中国市场成为行业领导者。正因为此，我们来到到中国，并努力拓展中国市场。比雅斯为中国制造企业提供可以满足客户多样化需求的生产解决方案。就家具生产和设计而言，比雅斯设备拥有高灵活性和多样性，可以协助改善生产技术，让企业在国内外更具竞争力。

Homag: Drilling and dowelling – ABD 260 Optimat

Drilling and dowelling – more efficient than ever before

CNC Drilling and dowel inserting machine - always keeping a tight grip on everything
• Incredibly fast drilling and dowel insertion
• 8 clamping cylinders keep a tight grip on wokrpieces
• Flexible handling due to lowerable center stop
• SORB TECH machine bed - heavy and sturdy

Kuang Yung: MRS-610M Optimizing Movable Rip Saw

• Choice of 1-6 movable blades
• Extra large 450 / 610 mm cutting width
• Optimizing cut function
•  American designed and developed scan system which has decades of experience since the first system made in 1996
• Worldwide success with more than 200 sets sold in the USA, Europe and Asia.
• Easy to operate, learn, update and maintain with multi-language window operating system such as English and Chinese.
• Rip 10 - 12  lumbers (3.6m each) per minute. (The results may vary according to operator performance, timber length and feeding speed)
• A 7 -10% increase in yield compared to conventional multiple rip saw

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