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Apr

London Goes Vertical — Timber Extensions Add 40% More Space

Gianluigi Traetta, Technical Sales Engineer for Rubner Holzbau Srl and a Partner Investigator of the ARC Advance Timber Hub has been quoted in this Wood Central article showcasing how developers are now stacking cross laminated timber panels on top of 1950s concrete buildings, and saving thousands of tonnes of embodied carbon in the process.

London Goes Vertical — Timber Extensions Add 40% More Space

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Jul

Industry Leaders Convene at UQ to Advance Timber Solutions for Queensland’s Construction Future

More than 100 industry professionals gathered at The University of Queensland (UQ) for the WoodSolutions presents Queensland Timber Trajectory: Award Winning Exemplars – Showcasing the Way to Modern ...

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Jul

PROJECT UPDATE: Performance Based Timber Design Enabled by AI, AR and Human–Machine Collaboration

ARC Advance Timber Hub Project 6.7 “Performance Based Architectural Design and Optimization Using Biomaterial and AR Assisted Discrete Assemblies” is developing new digital‑to‑physical design ...

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Jul

PROJECT UPDATE: Connecting Forests, Mills and Buildings: Strengthening Australia’s Timber Value Chain through Open Data

ARC Advance Timber Hub Project “An Open-Data Framework for Forest-to-Building Value Chain Mapping” is addressing a major challenge for Australia’s forest and wood products sector: how to better ...

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Jul

PROJECT UPDATE: Understanding Fire Behaviour in Open-Plan Timber Ceilings

Through its project Performance of Building Components – Fire Safety Design of Open Plan Timber Compartments, the ARC Advance Timber Hub is addressing a critical knowledge gap in the fire safety ...

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Jul

Inala Infill Apartments has won QLD State Award for Multi-Residential Architecture

The Inala Infill Apartments project has won the QLD State Award for Multi-Residential Architecture, at the Australian Institute of Architects awards held on Friday, 26th June 2026. This is the QLD sta ...

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Jun

Back to the Future: How timber can shape the past and future of Brisbane’s built environment

Timber buildings have long defined Brisbane. From the classic Queenslander home to the bones of the Teneriffe woolstores, wood has been at the heart of the city’s built environment for over a centur ...

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