Kindling: Where Tasmanian Blackwood Meets Molten Glass

21.07.2026

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 woodworker Adam Markowitz and glassblower Ruth Allen – a meeting of two crafts, pushed...

Tasmanian Oak for Sport Floors: Proven Performance for Elite Competition

8.07.2026

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 across Australia and New Zealand, with a proven track record spanning decades in basketball...

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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YIAGA: A RESTURANT CONNECTED TO COUNTRY AND CRAFTMANSHIP

Tucked within the heritage grounds of Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne, on Wurundjeri Country, Yiaga is a restaurant that knows exactly where it belongs. Shaped by place, season and community, it arrives as one of Australia’s…

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The Science of Biodiversity: Why Tasmania’s Native Forests Are Thriving Under Sustainable Management

When Dr Marie Yee arrived in Tasmania over two decades ago, she came with an ambition to contribute to biodiversity conservation through applied science, to make a positive impact from within the industry instead of…

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Latest Podcast

Alastair Flynn

Designing The Forest

Episode 42| 25 February 2026

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.

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