News: Updates (Page 6/15)
24 April 2020
Policy Change Not Climate Change
The Government is consulting on extending the ban on combustible materials to more building types and is proposing to lower the height from 18m to 11m, which will include all buildings of four storeys and above.
This ban will severely inhibit our ability to decarbonise the UK construction industry.
3 March 2020
Anthony Timberlands Center
WT/GO Architecture reveal their proposal for the design and fabrication facility at the Univeristy of Arkansas.
31 January 2020
Multiply Madrid
The fourth iteration of our Multiply pavilion for AHEC Europe is now open in Madrid as part of Madrid Design Festival.
15 November 2019
AIA International Conference Shanghai "New realities"
Andrew Waugh is speaking at an AIA international conference in Shanghai on the research and construction of mass timber buildings.
11 November 2019
Planning permission granted for Kennaway Estate
We are delighted to announce that our proposal for 61 new homes in the Kennaway Estate was granted planning permission by Hackney Council.
6 November 2019
Timber industries and the housing crisis
Waugh Thistleton features in a report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Timber Industries, highlighting the key role timber industries can play in helping the Government meet its targets for housebuilding and zero carbon emissions by 2050.
18 October 2019
Is the Wooden Revolution Approaching?
Andrew Waugh features in an episode of Dutch TV 's "Backlight series, which explores the idea: "Timber Builders - is the Wooden Revolution Approaching?"
16 October 2019
Nordic Architecture Fair
Waugh Thistleton's Kirsten Haggart will be speaking at the Nordic's Architecture Fair in Gothenburg this week on container housing.
14 October 2019
How to 'Build in Wood'
We're excited to have been selected as the only UK partner in an EU funded consortium that will look at how to reduce CO2 emissions through increased use of engineered timber in multi storey buildings.