Greetings from the WoodWorks team. Hospital and clinic spaces often feel a bit impersonal and cold, but the design of The Hutt Valley Health Hub by Designgroup Stapleton Elliott using engineered timber provides a sense of calm and welcome – also called biophilic design. Not only does the use of mass timber create a welcoming environment, the facility is so earthquake resistant it is the designated local civil emergency hub for the Hutt Valley. Read on …

Look at the scale of this building. Indeed, it is the largest Mass Engineered Timber (MET) building in Western Australia.

One for the fire engineers, and of course it comes with the caveat of being aware of international/regional differences in codes, but possibly a source of new practices.

And finally, check out Citywave in Milano – if nothing else the photos are impressive!