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16 June 2026


Welcome to WoodWorks

Greetings from your WoodWorks team. Following a Green Star 6 rating, 211 High Street has been named a finalist at the NZ Timber Design Awards in two categories: Category 10: Commercial & Industrial Building Design Award; and Category 12: Mid-Rise Building Design Award (over 3 levels). Good luck at the gala night on 26 June!

Bethlehem Shores — another stunning example of mass timber for living in luxury! Fantastic living space, location and views. Looks a lot different from what our WoodWorks conference delegation saw on our site visit in late 2023.

Here is coverage of a presentation from leading mass timber specialist and advocate Vittorio Salvadori. When you read it, perhaps the most relevant question is how we can make this happen in New Zealand?

The future of a Milwaukee high-rise once billed as “the tallest mass timber building in America” is in doubt after the general contractor sued the developer’s affiliates for allegedly owing $11.3 million.

Located in Lelystad on the Dutch island of Flevopolder, BESTSELLER’s Logistics Center West, built primarily of mass timber, straw and other biogenic materials, is truly a thing of beauty.

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And One to End the Issue

Not wood–but striking nonetheless

The bold water tower by White Arkitekter strides across the Swedish landscape

The Våga Water Tower in Varberg is a monument to civil engineering, a functional concrete sculpture that’s designed to last for centuries.

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