The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) runs a worldwide campaign to promote the use of American hardwoods. AHEC concentrates on providing architects, specifiers, designers and end-users with technical information on the range of species and products, and sources for supply of American hardwoods.
The American Hardwood Export Council teamed up with the Royal College of Art to merge design with sustainability. The completed seating installations...
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The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) was invited to collaborate with Wallpaper* and architect Adam Khan to rethink the modern workplace and...
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The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) will hold its next European Convention in the historic Hungarian city of Budapest on the 24 & 25th October...
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American cherry shines in the concert halls of Reutlingen's new Stadthalle designed by Max Dudler.
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Erasmus University Rotterdam is a research University and internationally recognised for its high quality teaching. In 2007 the University launched a...
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American walnut creates a conducive and inspiring mood for reading and learning at Zayed University’s new Campus Library.
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AHEC collaborate with Wallpaper* and architect Adam Khan to rethink the modern workplace and present a radical new vision of how and where we should spend our working lives. Working closely with Kent-based sculptor and fabricator Adam Kershaw, Khan has created a striking timber composition, ‘Octopus’, made from natural and heat-treated American tulipwood with American maple flooring.
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The 3 March 2013 is when the new EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) became law. This may not be the “end”, but EUTR certainly marks a big change to our world.
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AHEC and the American hardwood industry have long welcomed increased market focus on environmental issues but it has been very disheartening to see the marketplace overwhelmed with “green washing” and dubious environmental claims, usually based on only one specific attribute such as “rapid renewability” for bamboo, or “recyclability” for steel or plastics.
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In a unique collaboration between AHEC, the Royal College of Art (RCA), Benchmark Furniture and PE International 12 sets of students designed chairs, manufactured them, considered their life cycle analyses and exhibited the finished work at the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the London Design Festival 2012.
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