While I have very little interest in the engineering of aeroplanes and boats, my interest takes flight when they are built from timber. Recently, I came across a fascinating video clip about the de Havilland…
South Africa’s internationally acclaimed interior and furniture designer, Tristan du Plessis, is the Decorex Designer of the Year 2024. From the 2023 Restaurant and Bar Awards Best Club/Night Venue, Giselle Miami, the popular Gorgeous George…
Continuous improvement describes the philosophy of the family-owned German wood products company, Best Wood Schneider. Seven years ago, it embarked on an ambitious greenfield project at Meßkirch to establish an automated end-to-end process of manufacturing…
After almost two years of intensive research, the EcoReFibre (Ecological solutions for recovery of secondary materials from post-consumer fibreboards) consortium met in Germany in April to consider interim research results. In May 2022, Dieffenbacher and…
Resource-efficient methods are increasingly in demand in the mass timber construction industry, and optimising the production process – including the adhesive system – is key to affordability and profitability. With the ever-growing demand for mass…
Marcus is the 31-year-old co-founder and managing director of Johannesburg based Mass Timber Technologies (MTT), which he describes as “A progressive and innovative business based on design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA) engineered timber solutions…
When Dayne Wright, from Millennia Architects, unleashed his creativity on the structures and designs of a resort at an Eastern Cape private game reserve, he went out on a limb. He included the first curved…
This is a serious heading with lots of tongue-tying adjectives. But what is it? A photo is worth a thousand words, and when you look at Bunjil Place in Australia, you can see why I…
Team Arxada‘s collective responsibility for fostering a safe and secure work environment contributed significantly to the company, marking, on the 22nd of December, 2023, an impressive record of 31 uninterrupted years without loss of time…
Hermanus-based Greg Cleaver Woodcraft is a highly creative small business that can turn its hand to anything from decking to hot tubs, furniture or custom-made rifle stocks to homes and bigger construction jobs, including the…
