With a history steeped in quality, Astra Furniture is a proud manufacturer of 100% Australian made furniture
July 6, 2020
With 40 years in the furniture manufacturing business, there’s one thing owner and director of Astra Furniture Arki Tsorakidis won’t sacrifice, and that’s quality. Priding the decades old business in making exceptional furniture all manufactured within Australia, the family run business operates out of a 30,000 square foot factory using state of the art technology to ensure precision and the finest hardwoods they can get ahold of, including Tasmanian Oak and Blackwood. Using Tasmanian species to make their sturdy and lasting hardwood timber furniture, each piece is made to stand the test of time, making a true statement of sustainability.
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.
Questions on Tasmanian Timber? Ask an expert.
June 22, 2020
Tasmanian Timber has teamed up with the Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood (CSAW) at the University of Tasmania to deliver a free expert timber helpline service. The free-call service is available to anyone specifying timber and using Tasmanian timber, and provides support on choosing the right timber for the right application, obtaining quotes from suppliers, and troubleshooting problems throughout a project. Michael Lee, a timber industry technical pro, operates the helpline, supported by 20 PHD candidates from the School of Architecture who are at the cutting edge of timber research.
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’.
Celery Top Pine
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.
Tasmanian Oak
June 2, 2020
Tasmanian Oak is the preferred hardwood for a wide range of applications; scantlings, panelling, flooring, glulam spans, veneers, plywood, furniture. Fibre for reconstituted board and the production of high-quality paper.
Quality Assurance Program
June 2, 2020
Tasmanian Timber’s Quality Assurance Program delivers confidence
Tasmanian Forest Industry launches COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing video series
May 14, 2020
The Tasmanian Forest Industry has released a four-part video series to support mental health and wellbeing within the industry through COVID-19. The videos were created as a collaboration between eight industry organisations and supported by the Tasmanian Government.
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.
How our homes make us feel has never been more important
April 6, 2020
Humans have an innate affinity with the natural world. Now that we are spending most of our time at home due to COVID-19, the environment that we surround ourselves with is more important than ever. In recent years research has shown that design features within the built environment that reconnect people with nature (Biophilic design) can have a positive effect on wellbeing. Biophilic design can reduce stress and improve your emotional state. The bottom line is that nature makes us feel good – and we can all use a little of that right now.
The Lady in the White Ute talks Tasmanian Timber
April 2, 2020
Laura McCusker Furniture was established in 1996 under the flight path as she documents, in Sydney’s gritty, industrial inner-west. Since relocating to Hobart in 2003 she and Peter Howard have continued to make quality hand made, bespoke pieces tailored to their clients’ specific needs. Whether the brief be to craft an exquisite cheese trolley to delight and intrigue, or to create a timeless rocking chair from hand picked timbers, Laura can do it all.
