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12th March 2012

Working with students can be very rewarding

Auteur :David Venables in Events, Architecture and Design

This year has started with a series of interesting activities with architecture and design students.

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14th February 2012

PVC ne peut pas rivaliser avec le bois en termes de durabilité

Auteur :Robin Fisher in Environment

Je voudrais simplement réagir aux propos d'Emmanuel Champenois de l’agence Design Day dans l'interview que publie le site CyberArchi à l'occasion de la conférence que donne ce dernier au salon Expobois sur les freins à lever...

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31st January 2012

Tulipwood on the menu in new London “gastro” pub

Auteur :David Venables in Species focus

A chance visit this week to the Grazing Goat, a newly opened gastro pub, just off Portman square in central London proved to be more than just a good culinary experience.

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28th November 2011

Does the EU’s Illegal Timber Law make government “timber procurement policies” obsolete?

Auteur :Rupert Oliver in Environment

At a recent meeting to discuss illegal logging hosted by Chatham House, an independent think-tank based in London, an EC official posed the question whether there is any value in public procurement policies that demand “legally...

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18th November 2011

Beware of “localism” as an automatic “green ticket” for wood products

Auteur :David Venables in Environment, Comment

It is all too easy to use “local” sourcing as a default setting to guarantee a low environmental impact. The most obvious example is the transportation of food products; “Why buy apples from New Zealand when we grow our own in...

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