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Timber buildings are reaching towards the skies, thanks to breakthroughs in super-strong wood. The Age recently featured this article looking at the future of Tall Timber:"Mass timber" is the collective term used to describe this new suite of structural materials, which include cross-laminated timber or "CLT" (multiple layers of wood glued together at right angles under extreme pressure to form giant wall, ceiling and floor panels) and "glulam" (layers of wood jointed together along the same gra...

In a unique exhibition, taking place for the first time in honour of the Royal Botanic Garden’s 200th Birthday celebrations, wood from trees that have graced our botanic gardens for many years will be turned into works of art by skilled artisans from across Australia and beyond.Treecycle 2016 celebrates the sustainable recycling and reuse of some of the Botanic Garden’s significant trees of which have died naturally, been pruned or felled due to disease. The wood of more than 20 species has...