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ROOM ON A HILL
A timber longhouse offering primary school children more room to learn and play, designed by Asif Khan and made by AJ&B.
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CHANGING THE WAY WE USE TIMBER IN CONSTRUCTION
The Smile is the most ambitious structure ever made using cross laminated timber. It was made from American tulipwood and designed by Alison Brooks Architects and engineered by Arup for the London Design Festival.
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CASTELLÓN AUDITORIUM
One of Spain’s most important architects, Carlos Ferrater, used American maple for the city of Castellón’s new Auditorium and Conference Hall, in the Valencia region of Spain. He has used American hardwoods in this major public project to combine elegance and functionality.
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PARAMOUNT CO-WORKING OFFICE
Located within the iconic Paramount House in the heart of Sydney’s Surry Hills, Woods Bagot and Elan Construct have created a co-working space that seamlessly combines function, aesthetics and luxury using American walnut.
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NIEUWEGEIN’S THEATRE AND ARTS CENTRE
Frits van Dongen and Patrick Koschuch specified American tulipwood for the curved walls of the Kunstcluster (Art Cluster) in the Dutch city of Nieuwegein. They were attracted to its varied natural tones; with cream white and pale olive green sapwood contrasting with dark purple, brown and olive heartwood.
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Examples
At AHEC we strive to influence the way people think about hardwood as a material. We have seen a revolution in timber use and it is creating new opportunities. Many hardwoods have a performance that can’t be ignored, which can provide huge benefits to designers, architects and engineers. This is something we communicate through our own creative projects, capture in our case studies of work from others and demonstrate through examples of use; providing new and exciting references of how American hardwoods are the perfect material in terms of form and function.
If you would like to submit a case study or example of American hardwoods in use, please europe [at] americanhardwood.org (subject: case%20study%20%2F%20example) (get in touch).
Experimental collaborations with creative partners to push the boundaries of what American hardwoods are capable of: structurally, aesthetically and environmentally.
Work from others, demonstrating the performance benefits of American hardwoods around the globe.
