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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’.

June 2, 2020

A durable and tough timber that provides a hard-wearing surface for flooring and an attractive fine-grained appearance with feature knots and figure for a beautifully unique character in furniture.

All Tasmanian timbers are available in veneers in both sheet and lay-ups for a whole myriad of applications: veneer on sheet, veneer on MDF, veneer on ply - everything that you'd ever want to compliment your solid-wood line is available.

Tasmanian Timber Flooring Acoustic Treatments

May 30, 2020

FWPA Fire Testing Certificates

May 29, 2020

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.

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.

An eye-opening experience for Fitzpatrick+Partners

February 19, 2020

Timber is the material of choice for Sydney-based architects Fitzpatrick+Partners. Considered an authority in timber construction on large scale projects, offering expertise on some of the world’s greatest buildings, founding Principal, James Fitzpatrick is turning heads in the design world. Fitzpatrick+Partners were invited to take part in the Tasmanian Visiting Architects Program, an experience designed to showcase Tasmania’s forests and forest management practices. The Partners gained a new found knowledge around Tasmania’s regrowth forests.

Broached Goulder Opens at the JamFactory for Adelaide Fringe

February 13, 2020

Broached Commissions will be exhibiting Broached Goulder, designed by celebrated Australian designer-maker Jon Goulder at the JamFactory in Adelaide during the 2020 Adelaide Fringe Festival. The collection made entirely from sustainably sourced Tasmanian timbers, honours four generations of knowledge and inherited craftsmanship within the Goulder family.

Broached Goulder - Environmental Custodianship

February 12, 2020

“There's an essential environmental custodianship now. So, how do we sustainably use the resources that we have? How do we express through design the most beautiful articulation of those timbers in form, and how do we celebrate the local in a sustainable fashion? We use local because it talks to the story that we're telling, which is essentially an Australian one.” — Lou Weis, Broached Commissions

Broached Goulder

February 12, 2020

“This collection is easily the best work I’ve ever done. It has such a deeper meaning and feeling and context. I don’t think pieces like this have been made before.” - Jon Goulder, Designer + Maker

Tasmanian Visiting Architects Program highlights sustainability, innovation and collaboration

February 5, 2020

Fitzpatrick + Partners, one of Australia’s leading architectural firms, travelled to Tasmania recently to experience firsthand Tasmania’s forest management practices and timber industry. The firm’s four Partners spent three days exploring Tasmania’s beautiful forests, learning about how they are managed, the Forest Practices System and sustainability certification. They also learned about Tasmanian timber processing and products, and the applications for those products in both residential and commercial settings.

Macquarie House Innovation Hub set to inspire with Tasmanian timbers throughout

December 16, 2019

The year is 1830 in the infant city of Launceston. A three-story Bond Store is built from stone, using timber sawn from nearby to construct the interior. Set in the center of this buzzing new town, the Bond Store is set up to service the city’s eclectic and growing population, with many eager to have a fresh start from a grim past. Serving its purpose to help establish The City of Launceston, the Bond Store was in use for years until its necessity fizzled. The old Bond Store has sat empty and idol for decades, until now.

Broached Goulder: an Australian furniture designer-maker’s multigenerational narrative

October 30, 2019

Fourth generation Australian furniture designer-maker and Tasmanian Timber ambassador Jon Goulder, is celebrated for his fine craftsmanship, attention to detail and award-winning designs. His works have made their way around the world, having made custom pieces for private clients, one-off installation designs with some pieces becoming permanent fixtures in State and National museums across Australia. Commissioned by design trailblazers Broached Commissions, Goulder has just completed Broached Goulder, a collection of pieces that meld the complex intricacies of generations of furniture making- all made with Tasmanian timber species.

This Blackwood Waited 20 Years to Find this Home

October 18, 2019

Highly figured Birdseye Blackwood only occurs randomly in nature, making the trees affected by it very rare and totally unique. When expert Tasmanian log graders came across this Blackwood, they knew they had something special that deserved a bespoke and iconic application. The logs were cut into boards and segregated from the normal stock, and for 20 years they waited for the perfect place to call home.