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Wood Magazine 2/2019

Theme for this issue is versatile wood. There are plenty of opportunities for increasing the use of wood, as it is a construction material with numerous potential applications. Wood does not always need to be used on a grand scale, such as in the new exquisite interior of Isku’s property in Lahti or the wooden terrace built by a Helsinki family to liven up the concrete jungle. Wood use can also be increased in small details. Even the tiniest amount is always more than nothing.
Forum Wood Building Nordic 2019

The eighth Nordic conference with a focus on the role of design in the future, veneer and massive wood construction, resource efficiency and sustainability, Nordic harmonization of regulations and guidelines. It is the main conference for wood construction in the Nordic countries and part of the international Forum-Holzbau organization. Welcome!
Taika day-care centre
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The Taika day-care centre is designed with the needs and the scale of children in mind to create a place of daycare and overnight care well in line with the values of the Nordic culture. Taika also offers office space for all the regional directors of early education in Seinäjoki as well as shared spaces for the community to use in the evening hours and weekends.
Wood in interiors lowers levels of stress

In interiors, wood seems to have the power to regulate people’s levels of stress. In a comparison of different work rooms, stress level, measured as the skin’s capacity to conduct electricity, was lowest in a room with wooden furniture. Not even plants brought into a room fitted out in white had the same effect. Read more
Why use wood?

Watch an animated story about the benefits of using wood. The video is in six different languages.
Infographic Story of Wood

Wood is a versatile material and the use of wood reduces climate change. See the Story of Wood in infographic in six languages. Download, use and share it too!