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Inspiring Projects
- Monash University Gillies Hall, Frankston, Victoria
- Fenner Hall Student Accommodation (ANU), Canberra, ACT
- Bainbridge Island House, WA
- Jordan Springs Community Hub
- Northshore Pavilion, Brisbane, Qld
- 106 Flinders St - Melbourne, Vic
- Passivhaus Balgowlah
- Bendigo Hospital, Victoria
- Bold Park Aquatic Centre, City Beach, WA
- Bunjil Place, Narre Warren, Vic
- CLT House, Maianbar, NSW
- Dynamics in Impermanence, Bondi, NSW
- International Convention Centre Sydney, Darling Harbour, NSW
- Light House, Aireys Inlet, Vic
- Mosman Bay House, Mosman Park, WA
- Rhythm House, West Brunswick, Vic
- Ronald McDonald House, Nedlands, WA
- Saffire Resort, Freycinet, Tasmania
- UTAS Student Residences, Inveresk, Tas
- Woodleigh School Senior Homestead, Langwarrin South, Vic
- Auchenflower Greener Kitchen, Brisbane
- Barwon House, Victoria
- Berry Mountain House
- Castlecrag Residence
- Curl Curl Kitchen
- University of Melbourne Biosciences Building
- The Framehouse, Hackney, England
- Harris Street House, Sydney, NSW
- House Earlwood, Sydney, NSW
- Jamie Oliver's Mobile Kitchen, Queensland
- Julie Koh kitchen
- Ruskin Street Townhouse, Elwood, Victoria
- Strange House, London, England
- Treetops House, Byron Bay
- Trunk House, Victoria
- International House Sydney, Barangaroo, NSW
- Library at the Docks, Victoria Harbour, Vic
- Library at the Docks, Victoria Harbour, Vic
- Marist College, Bendigo, Vic
- Forté, Docklands, Melbourne
- Northern Goldfields Regional Office, Leonora, WA
- Meyer Timber Head Office, St Marys, NSW
- Macquarie University Innovation Hub, North Ryde, NSW
- John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School Senior Learning Centre, Mirrabooka, WA
- Swadling House, Matraville, NSW
- Tempe House, Tempe, NSW
- The Gardens at Campbelltown, NSW
- Munroe Ocean Beach House, Blairgowrie, Vic
- Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School, North Strathfield, NSW
- Pingelly Recreational and Cultural Centre, Pingelly, WA
- No 1 Martin Place, Sydney, NSW
- The Seed House, Castlecrag, NSW
- His and Her House, Clifton Hill, Victoria
- 25 King, Brisbane, Qld
- Tree Haus, Castle Hill, NSW
- Aveo Norwest, Sydney, NSW
- Mac 01 Hotel, Hobart, Tasmania
- Krakani Luni, Mount William, Tasmania
- Foredune House, McMasters Beach, NSW
- All Hands Brewing House, Sydney, NSW
- Strongbuild Head Office, Bella Vista, NSW
- Hatherlie, North Fitzroy, Victoria
- Media
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Articles
- Listen: How Wood Makes You Healthier With Peter Maddison
- Playing for keeps
- Biophilia - Because Nature is in our Nature
- Whatever floats your wooden boat
- Why wooden toys are better for everyone
- Waste not want not: how a wooden kitchen bench top completes your sustainable life
- Making a lasting impression
- New openings for a favourite material
- Auld-school care factor
- The Chairman
- Three eco-retreats using wood in their design
- Doing good work, naturally: how productivity can be shaped by wood in our environment
- Finding the beauty of bespoke wooden furniture
- Thinking of renovating - why you should use wood
- Ready, set, grow... Urban design given green light
- The art of making waves
- James Treble's Five Top Tips For a Healthy Workspace
- Five ways wood improves productivity
- Six advantages of wooden toys for children
- Is your office distracting your team?
- How wood can aid creativity
- Designers make tracks for timber
- Articles
- The Benefits of Wooden Toys
- James Treble's 5 top ways to use wood in your home
- Weathering design trends: how timber has transformed over time
- Working with the grain: two amateur furniture makers share a passion for wood
- Want a more mindful home? Start with wood
- Go with wood for the happy home office
- A touch of wood
- Five advantages of wooden furniture
- Why wooden floors are a good option in the kitchen
- My wooden house
- Five simple home DIY projects you can do with wood
Other Documents
Media Releases
- Exposure to wood products good for the body and brain (4.29MB pdf file)
Exposure to wood products and interiors has measurable health benefits, similar those created by spending time in nature. Released in the lead up to World Wood Day on Saturday 21st March, these findings are being published in Planet Ark's Wood - Housing, Health, Humanity report. - Fraser Coast Council first to adopt Wood Encouragement Policy in QLD (619kb pdf file)
Fraser Coast Council first in Queensland to adopt Wood Encouragement Policy to benefit environment and health. - Jam Factory Media Release (1.07MB pdf file)
- MAV Wood Encouragement Policy (83kb pdf file)
Municipal Association of Victoria Wood Encouragement Policy - MEDIA RELEASE Tasmania becomes first state to adopt wood-first building policy (594kb pdf file)
The Minister for Resources, Building and Construction, the Honorable Guy Barnett, has announced that Tasmania will be the first state in Australia to introduce a state-wide Wood Encouragement Policy (WEP). - MEDIA RELEASE: Exposure to wood good for the heart, the head and healing (593kb pdf file)
Incorporating wood in the interior design and construction of buildings where we live, work, learn, play and heal is key to improved health and wellbeing, a new report produced by Planet Ark has found. - Make It Wood - a growing answer to climate change (2.00MB pdf file)
The Make It Wood - Do Your World Some Good campaign promotes the increased use of certified, responsibly sourced wood as a building material. Wood is unique amongst building materials in that it stores carbon when used in the construction of homes and buildings as flooring, furniture and decking. Up to 50% of wood's dry weight is made up of carbon. - Make It Wood Photo Competition Entry Form (861kb pdf file)
Win 1 of 3 iPad2 tablets with a wooden cover. You can enter online or by printing off this form and sending it to us with a CD of your photo. - Make it Wood 2015- News Grab 1 (1.79MB wav file)
96% of Australians agree that wood products and homes are visually appealing , but Planet Ark's new report shows there are significant health benefits too. - Make it Wood 2015- News Grab 2 (2.44MB wav file)
Emerging research shows that being surrounded by wood at home, work or school has positive effects on the body, the brain and the environment, and can even shorten hospital stays through reducing recovery times. - Make it Wood 2015- News Grab 3 (2.20MB wav file)
The feelings of warmth and comfort that wood draw outs in people has the effect of lowering blood pressure, heart rates and reducing stress and anxiety, very much like the effects of spending time in nature. - Make it Wood 2015- News Grab 4 (2.44MB wav file)
More and more architects who design buildings for healing, learning and relaxation are now incorporating significant amounts of wood into their projects for the health and wellbeing benefits it delivers. - Make it Wood 2015- News Grab 5 (2.58MB wav file)
There are significant health, wellbeing and environmental benefits to incorporating wood and timber products into our everyday lives, yet less than 1 in 2 Australians are making this important connection. - Make it Wood 2015- News Grab 6 (3.34MB wav file)
Increasing urbanisation unfortunately means that people less access to nature in their day-to-day lives, and that has significant health consequences, so there is an important area of research in understanding how we can incorporate the benefits of nature into our indoor environments. - National Carpenters Day 2013 (150kb pdf file)
- Planet Ark announces winners of national photo competition (2.01MB pdf file)
Photographs of a former asylum in Queensland, a picturesque jetty in Albany and a magical Tasmanian gorge have been named winners of Planet Ark's national photography competition 'Snap Some Wood'. The competition is an initiative of Planet Ark's 'Make It Wood - Do Your World Some Good' campaign, which promotes the environmental benefits of using responsibly sourced wood as a building material. Entrants were asked to submit a photo showing the versatility or beauty of wood. - Planet Ark partners with FWPA to promote sustainable timber as a climate change solution (421kb pdf file)
Planet Ark, one of Australia's leading environmental organisations, is joining forces with Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA), the industry body behind the Wood. Naturally Better.™ program, to encourage the use of sustainably sourced wood. - REPORT: Wood - Nature Inspired Design (7.96MB pdf file)
Incorporating wood in the interior design and construction of buildings where we live, work, learn, play and heal is key to improved health and wellbeing, a new report produced by Planet Ark has found. - The Economic Argument for Wood (438kb pdf file)
Presentation at the 2015 Cities of the Future Seminar - WHHH front cover (378kb png file)
- Wood - Nature Inspired Design (8.38MB pdf file)
A new report produced by Planet Ark shows significant health and wellbeing benefits of exposure to wood interiors and products March 2017 - test doc (9kb pdf file)
PA Documents
- 'Timber as a Sustainable Building Material' - University of Tasmania (1.10MB pdf file)
- Building Stronger Value Chains (158kb pdf file)
- Certification: Growing Demand. Increasing Confidence. National Wood Products Forum & Workshop 2012 (269kb pdf file)
- Council_Boardroom_Briefing_Agenda_2019_04_03 (255kb pdf file)
- Forte Factsheet (256kb pdf file)
- Key findings from the Wood - Nature Inspired Design report (3.24MB pdf file)
Key findings from the Wood - Nature Inspired Design report - Kristen Montgomery (280kb pdf file)
- Make It Wood Cities of the Future 2015 (743kb pdf file)
- Make It Wood policy statement (610kb pdf file)
Re: Forest and Wood Products Australia's Wood Naturally Better advertisement - Martin Davis (351kb pdf file)
- Planet Ark statement on AS4708 (579kb pdf file)
- Planet Ark support of FSC Friday (253kb pdf file)
- Pro Forma Wood Encouragement Policy (92kb pdf file)
Pro Forma Wood Encouragement Policy - Understanding the carbon footprint of material choice in Australian housing using LCA (446kb pdf file)
- WEP Councils Map - Feb 2020 (814kb pdf file)
Here's a map showing the 21 Wood Encouragement Policies that have been adopted throughout Australia. - WEP Fact Sheet 2018 (620kb pdf file)
An update on Wood Encouragement Policies in Australia and around the world. - WEP Proforma Policy - June 2018 (96kb pdf file)
A proforma version of a Wood Encouragement Policy for Governments and Councils in Australia - Wood - Nature Inspired Design report (7.96MB pdf file)
Wood - Nature Inspired Design report - Wood and human health (12.70MB pdf file)
- Wood use or encouragement policies around the world (245kb pdf file)
Here's a short overview of the wood use or encouragement policies that have been adopted around the world - Wood, Health, Humanity, Housing flyer (364kb pdf file)
- Wood, Housing, Health, Humanity Report 2015 (4.29MB pdf file)
- WoodSolutions Advance Timber Buildings Systems Seminar and Site Visit (316kb pdf file)
Hear expert speakers and tour a world-renowned building site! Be informed and inspired by this half day seminar featuring Australian and international speakers discussing the latest developments in massive timber construction. Visit the World's Tallest Multi-Residential Timber Building Site Melbourne's Victoria Harbour is home to Lend Lease's Forté - at ten storeys it's the world's tallest timber residential building. Delegates have an exclusive opportunity to visit the site during construction and view a CLT (Cross Laminated Timber) build. - Workplaces: Wellness + Wood = Productivity (4.56MB pdf file)
Report showing the health, wellbeing and productivity benefits of natural-looking timber in offices
Presentations
- Armineh Mardirossian, Group Manager, Corporate Responsibility, Woolworths Ltd (809kb pdf file)
Chain of Custody certification programmes - Chris Taylor, Post Doctorate Research Fellow, Melbourne University (16.81MB pdf file)
Analysing the standards - Fred Gale, Senior Lecturer, University of Tasmania (2.00MB pdf file)
The evolution of forest certification: a comparative analysis of four countries' experiences - Jacqueline Fegent-McGeachie, Sustainability Manager, Kimberly-Clark (13.81MB pdf file)
Leveraging FSC certification for maximum impact - Mark Gomm, Risk/Sustainability Manager, Bunnings/Officeworks (18.92MB pdf file)
Sustainability and growth - businesses can do both - Natalie Reynolds, CEO, Forest Stewardship Council (8.51MB pdf file)
Market mechanism to drive change - Nick Bez, Director, Mobium (6.41MB pdf file)
The Australian consumer response to eco-labeling - Richard Stanton, National Secretary, Australian Forestry Standard (6.75MB pdf file)
Promotion of certification - Steve Mitchell, Sustainability Programme Manager, Timber Development Association (16.96MB pdf file)
Using certified wood in building construction
Case studies
- Auchenflower Greener Kitchen (299kb pdf file)
- Barwon House (366kb pdf file)
- Berry Mountain House (341kb pdf file)
- Castlecrag (357kb pdf file)
- Create From a Crate flyer (3.61MB pdf file)
- Harris Street House (372kb pdf file)
- House Earlwood (312kb pdf file)
- Jamie Oliver Truck (420kb pdf file)
- Kirsten Montgomery (280kb pdf file)
- Maretin Davis (351kb pdf file)
- Mark Riley Balsawood Surfboards (406kb pdf file)
- Mark Wakeham (373kb pdf file)
- Ray Ffrench (330kb pdf file)
- Ruskin Street (431kb pdf file)
- Strange House (348kb pdf file)
- The Economic Case for Timber (438kb pdf file)
Final Report for Commercial Building Costing Cases Studies - Traditional Design versus Timber Project - The Framehouse (384kb pdf file)
- Timber update (2.30MB pdf file)
Changes to the National Construction Code which allow timber buildings up to 25m - effectively 8 storeys in height, and all with a reduced environmental footprint thanks for timber's capacity to store carbon. Wood Solutions' timber Update will tell you more. - Trunk House (568kb pdf file)
Posters
- Cities of the future - the property industry's move to mass timber construction (734kb pdf file)
- Wood. The Untold Story Comic Poster A3 (1.37MB pdf file)
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