// CONTENTS
REGULARS
2 Wood for thought
27 Talking Timber : Are mass timber buildings viable ?
28 Personality profile : David Elliot – a focus on mass timber
31 Products
32 Brandlistings
9
PROJECT
Local Project : Truth , beauty , goodness
14
PROJECT
International Project : Oodi : At the heart of Finnish culture
NEWS
3 Local news
8 International news
PROJECTS
9 Local Project : GASS Architecture Studios in Hermanus .
14 International Project : Central library in Finland
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FEATURES
Putting timber first
PERSONALITY PROFILE
David Elliot – a focus on mass timber
FEATURES
18 Putting timber first
25 Foresta geared for 2021
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