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Snap Some Wood and Win an iPad Photography Competition Enter now at Make It Wood Wood has been used to build homes and furniture, to support infrastructure like bridges and railways and make decorative items, throughout Australian history. Send Make It Wood a photo of something made from wood to go into the running to win one of three iPad2 tablets with stylish Miniot wooden covers. B... read full article

Planet Ark, one of Australia's best-known environmental groups, is recognising the benefits of responsibly sourced wood in their new Make It Wood campaign, sponsored by Wood. Naturally Better.™ Read their launch announcement below: Wood – A growing answer to climate change Wood has long been seen as an attractive option for buildings, furniture and flooring, but now a new consumer a... read full article

Going to air under the new Planet Ark Environmental Edge brand, a new television commercial highlights the fact that wood stores carbon and that this is an environmental positive.Presented by award-winning architect and host of Grand Designs Austrslia, Peter Maddison, the commercial was shot in Kangaroo Ground outside Melbourne where a home under construction featured recycled bridge timbers, and ... read full article

The renewed international interest in timber as a structural material has been highlighted by a recent announcement in Melbourne. Grocon plans to build Delta, a ten storey, 50 apartment, timber building as part of the redevelopment of the Carlton United Breweries site. Project architect, Dylan Brady of Studio 505 said they were inspired by the Stadthaus – a nine storey timber residential buil... read full article

Wood. Naturally Better.™ is proud to be sponsoring the Australian Timber Design Awards. One of Australia's most prestigious national design competitions, the Awards aim to promote and encourage outstanding timber design in the built environment professions. Now entering their eleventh year, the Awards are distinguished by a proud heritage of innovation and achievement. Timber is a beau... read full article