#engineered wood
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Project • By Gunz & Künzle Architekt*innen • Auditoriums
Campus Wattwil Secondary School
The new Cantonal School in Wattwil is located directly on the banks of the Thur River and, together with the Vocational and Continuing Education Centre on the opposite bank, forms a new educational campus. A bridge across the river connects the two schools and their outdoor spaces.
Federico Farinatti
Federico Farinatti
Federico Farinatti
Federico Farinatti
The landscape of the Thur is brought into the school, becoming the centre of school life. A walkable terraced landscape forms a generous atrium that connects the different floors and accommodates the shared facilities. Here, students meet, learn, work and spend their breaks.
Federico Farinatti
Federico Farinatti
Federico Farinatti
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Product • By BECK • LIGNOLOC® Wooden Nails
LIGNOLOC® Wooden Nails
LIGNOLOC® wooden nails are the world’s first shootable wooden nails, enabling fastand efficient installation. They are pneumatically driven into wood using hand tools orfully automated nailing heads mounted on multifunctional bridges. No pre-drilling oradhesive is required, which significantly accelerates the construction process. Unlikemetal nails, LIGNOLOC® wooden nails cause virtually no tool wear, extending theservice life of saws and other cutting tools.
In solid timber construction, the technical performance of these wooden nails makes a crucial difference – especially their high tensile and shear strengths, which are key to the stability of solid wood structures. A unique feature of LIGNOLOC® is its lignin ad... More
Project • By JBMC Arquitetura & Urbanismo • Private Houses
Araraquara House
Araraquara House, located on an iconic avenue in the heart of Araraquara city, in São Paulo state, represents a milestone in the career of JBMC Arquitetura e Urbanismo and its founder, João Batista Martinez Corrêa. After more than four decades in the business, with several projects carried out around Brazil, he is returning to his origins to realize his dream of building a residential house in the city and place where he was born and lived until he was 18 in the company of his parents, siblings and cousins.
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The project was an opportunity to explore new construction techniques and materials, reinforcing his experimental profile and total creative freedom. With its front facing the leafy avenue,... More
Product • By Plexwood • Plexwood Strip
Plexwood Strip
About Strip
Strip is a classic solid wood product, it is suitable for both fixed tapis flooring and for edge finishing and skirting, making it a very multifunctional product.
Strip is standard available in Birch, Beech, Oak, Pine, Pine/Ocoumé, Meranti, Ocoumé, Poplar and Deal in two thicknesses.
Our materials are produced on demand to meet your specific technical or sustainability requirements, specials are made at request. Plexwood is, for instance, suitable for homes, restaurants, offices, schools, health care, institutions, airports and retail environments.
Characteristics Strip for flooring
Strip is a classic tapis, and always need to be fully glued and nailed onto an intermediate floor. The final result i... More