Timber uses

Watch out for further blogs on all aspects of using timber from UK woods throughout 2019. We welcome new blogs on all aspects of timber use . Please share these pages with others.

Using timber in architecture 

July 2018

In Part Two of his blog, award winning architect, university tutor and TV presenter Piers Taylor discusses how he looks to inspire innovative uses of home grown timber in architecture to bridge a divide between 'thinking’ and ‘making’ in architecture. More here.

Touching the Ground Lightly

June 2018

Award winning architect, university tutor and TV presenter Piers Taylor had felt an outsider in an architectural world where metropolitan arts crowded out the rural. In Part One of a two-part blog he looks at the early influences which eventually led to an about turn in his own teaching and in a desire to inspire innovative uses of home grown timber in architecture. Read more here