16.09.2026
Too Good for the Tip: What a Timber Restorer Knows That Designers Should Too
A $30 chiffonier. A wardrobe no one had room for. A Tasmanian Blackwood dining table that no longer suited the family who owned it. Most people would see a trip to the tip. Chris Simpson saw a side table, a sideboard and a hall table. Chris has been doing this kind...
27.07.2026
The Forest: Growing a New Standard for Sustainable Design
When the University of Tasmania challenged Woods Bagot to deliver a 30% reduction in embodied carbon, architect Alastair Flynn turned to the island’s most abundant natural resource – timber. The result is a building that smells of the forest, feels like the forest, and perhaps changes the way Australia...
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Kindling: Where Tasmanian Blackwood Meets Molten Glass
In the private dining room of Yiaga restaurant in Melbourne’s Fitzroy Gardens, a bespoke pendant light overhangs, a design you won’t see anywhere else. Named Kindling, it is the product of an ongoing collaboration between…
Tasmanian Oak for Sport Floors: Proven Performance for Elite Competition
For architects specifying sports facilities, the choice of timber flooring is critical to delivering safe, high-performance spaces that meet international standards. Tasmanian Oak has earned its place as a premium flooring solution in sports stadiums…
Tasmanian Timber in the Wilderness: Touchwood Veneer at Lake Pedder Lodge
Pedder Wilderness Lodge is located in Strathgordon, on the shore of Lake Pedder, within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Built originally in the 1960s to house Hydro workers during construction of the Gordon Dam,…
Mountain River House: Framing the Valley with Tasmanian Oak
Tucked into the lush landscape of the Huon Valley, the Mountain River House sits beside a mountain stream that flows year-round off the mountain peak known to locals as ‘sleeping beauty’. Designed by Simon Linardi…
Building a Healthier Future: How St Lukes Brought Timber to the Heart of Launceston
When St Lukes Health set out to consolidate four ageing Launceston offices into one headquarters, they did not simply want a building. St. Luke’s bold ambition was to make Tasmania the healthiest island on the…
The Science of Fire: How Tasmania’s Forest Managers Use Fire to protect and Regenerate Native Forests
Dean Sheehan has been around forestry and fire since he was a child. Growing up on a farm in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley, he watched his family clear forest on their farm to convert to pasture…
Latest Podcast
Alastair Flynn ·Designing The Forest
Designing The Forest
Alastair Flynn talks about the extraordinary new University of Tasmania campus, The Forest. This stunning and expansive project in the centre of Hobart’s CBD, includes a glass forest dome, with over 3,500 plants including mature trees and a disappearing tarn. Through the reuse of original materials and the use of low-carbon construction methods, including timber and carbon-negative Hempcrete, The Forest is Australia’s first carbon-neutral university campus.
45 mins
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