Webinar: Tasmanian Veneers
March 2, 2021
Tasmanian veneers have long been sought after for a variety of applications with some stunning examples of the capability of the product in beautiful furniture and custom doors and cabinetry. Veneer has traditionally been revered for its uniformity. The matchless repetition created by thinly slicing timber from one larger piece was sought after for cabinetry and linings, particularly in large commercial fit-outs.
Rustic but refined, Tasmanian Timber brings a bushy luxury to these Queensland homes
February 9, 2021
Four years ago Architect Damian Goode founded his own firm, Hive Architecture, following a number of years at several well-known architecture firms in Brisbane. He now splits his time on projects between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. The sunny skies and laid-back attitude of Queensland’s coastline is a striking contrast from the wet and wild climate that favors the growth of some of Tasmania’s finest native timbers. Specified for use in several of Damian’s latest projects, Tasmanian timber added a touch rustic luxury to two Queensland homes.
Webinar: Responsible Wood
September 24, 2020
Responsible Wood chain of custody allows consumers to trace Tasmanian wood products back to their sustainable source; sustainability, the legality of timber and chain of custody are on the lips of all who work in the Tasmanian forest and timber industry. And for Tasmanians, Chain of Custody is a big deal. Learn More: https://wearetastimber.com/ & https://tastimber.tempurl.host/ About the Tasmanian Timber webinar series: This webinar series is a valuable resource for architects, builders, specifiers, interior designers, furniture designer and makers, shop-fitters, and construction firms to learn more about using Tasmanian Timber in their projects. Hosted by Michael Lee (Senior Technical Officer at the University of Tasmania's Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood), Michael is often joined by experts in their respective field as he explores the properties and applications of Tasmanian Timbers. Grown locally and sustainably, Tasmanian timber is processed to the highest standards and backed by the technical support of Australia’s leading timber experts. Learn more: https://tastimber.tempurl.host/webinars
Tasmanian Veneer – uniformity or inimitability? The Specifiers ‘lolly-shop'
September 7, 2020
Tasmanian veneers have long been sought after for a variety of applications with some stunning examples of the capability of the product in beautiful furniture and custom doors and cabinetry. Veneer has traditionally been revered for its uniformity. The matchless repetition created by thinly slicing timber from one larger piece was sought after for cabinetry and linings, particularly in large commercial fitouts.
Tasmania’s Native Special Species Timber - available for specification
September 2, 2020
Tasmania, with its unique geography and environment, has some of the finest cool temperate native forests in the world and an expanding hardwood and softwood plantation estate. Using only the soil, sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide from the air, these forests produce a diverse and premium range of beautiful timbers in substantial quantities. Renowned for almost 200 years, each species has its own character and individual richness.
A tribute to Tasmania, Cumulus Studio’s Stillwater Seven honours history and place
June 29, 2020
With offices in Tasmania and interstate, Cumulus is an award-winning architecture studio and the brainchild behind some of Tasmania’s most iconic hospitality destinations including Pumphouse Point, Willie Smith’s and Devils Corner. With dozens of awards under their belts for these eye-catching projects that evoke an emotive response from their inhabitants and passersby, Cumulus studio continues to break the mold with their designs produced in a collaborative effort from their timber loving team.
Cloudy with a chance of impeccable design
June 15, 2020
Derived from the Latin word for ‘heap’ or ‘pile’ Cumulus Studio has embodied the origin of this word, weaving it into the lifestyle and culture of their practice. Believing that through working together, a critical mass of ideas can accumulate quickly- forming idea clouds which then can take on any size or form and be manipulated to suit conditions. Using this collaborative approach on all of their projects and utilizing the strengths across their three studios in Hobart, Launceston and Melbourne, Cumulus has been designing, creating and executing award winning architecture for almost a decade.
Precise and predictable, Tasmanian Timber’s Quality Assurance Program delivers confidence
June 3, 2020
With every building job, each material specified is carefully considered to ensure that it matches the brief, is suitable for the application and fits within the allocated budget. But before the material reaches the project site, what type of checks are being done on the material to ensure it performs as predicted? These checks are especially important with timber products. Tasmanian Timber’s Quality Assurance Program is a rigorous auditing system that ensures that our product performs consistently – so that specifiers can too.
Celebrating the local, Tasmanian Timber receives its own Award category at the Australian Timber Design Awards
June 3, 2020
We are thrilled to share that the specific use of Tasmanian Timber is now being honored and celebrated at the Australian Timber Design Awards in its very own category, ‘Best use of Tasmanian Timber’.
Tasmanian Timber Flooring Acoustic Treatments
May 30, 2020
FWPA Fire Testing Certificates
May 29, 2020
Spence & Lyda’s Innate Collection is a Timely Rally Cry
May 4, 2020
It’s never been more critical to make your choices Innately Australian.
Spence & Lyda - Making Local
May 4, 2020
“Furniture should never be seen as a fashion statement. Things have to have a story, resonate with you, and actually have meaning to you." "It's just not sustainable for us to be importing everything we sell. So that's why it's important if we're making here, to use our woods, and so we do... especially with so much talent here, so much great raw product, why wouldn't we?” — Fiona Lyda, Spence & Lyda
Spence & Lyda - Buying for Life
May 4, 2020
“There is that layer to sustainability that is about not overt use of energies and maintaining the materials of the planet. For me, it's more that, the piece itself will live forever and not be thrown out, which is its own story I guess." — Fiona Lyda, Spence & Lyda
The Innate Collection
May 4, 2020
“The Innate Collection" became about who we are as Australian’s. We were trying to understand and drill down to what is innate in an Australian." - Fiona Lyda, Spence & Lyda
Planet Ark’s Make It Wood Campaign joins Tasmanian Timber
April 27, 2020
Planet Ark’s Make It Wood Campaign will be joining Tasmanian Timber Expert Michael Lee from the Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood (UTAS) to deliver webinar presentations to 21 Australian architectural firms encouraging the use of Tasmanian Timber.
Grown in Tassie, crafted in Queensland: Meet Blackwood Collective
March 23, 2020
Just north of Brisbane’s CBD, sits Gareth Robertson’s workshop, Blackwood Collective. And it’s not just any workshop. Blackwood Collective specialises in high-end custom residential and commercial furniture, joinery and carpentry. Every piece coming out of the workshop expertly handcrafted with an acute sense of detail, made to perfectly fit the space it will call home. While Robertson is a fan of all Tasmanian timber species, as the name of his business suggests, Tasmanian Blackwood is Robertson’s material of choice, time and time again.
A new generation of innovative timber products with sustainability at their core
March 16, 2020
The balance between conservation of our wild natural places and producing enough beautiful wood products to meet society’s demands, is not an easy task. But it’s vital that we get it right. Because as The Ultimate Renewable resource, trees are part of the solution to the greatest challenge of our time – climate change. Enthusiasts of using timber across their range of large-scale projects, Sydney architecture firm Fitzpatrick + Partners were invited to take part in the Visiting Architects Program, an experience designed to showcase Tasmania’s forest management practices and forest products. The firm got an up-close glimpse of the innovative forest products that are leading the nation’s forestry sector and how Tasmania’s processors are committed to getting the most out of every log.
