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TiC hears from Tekla Structures on 3D modelling software used for designing complex wood structures. 

Famed for its mention in the Domesday Book, Birmingham suburb Sheldon will soon be reaching for another high. TiC reports.

It is nearly five years since Lincolnshire’s Princess Royal Sports Arena was clad in “revolutionary” Thermowood. TiC braves the icy whip of the east coast to see if it stands up to its claim.

From schools to concert halls, lecture theatres to train stations, support free timber roofs are springing up all over the place. TiC visits a school in Kent to get the low-down.

AS YOU pass through the doors of Marlowe Academy, you are assaulted by a grand influx of light, space and warmth. It is not too far reaching for you to think you have entered a concert hall or a gallery as you have a school, as you begin to appreciate leasons being taught under the sky-filled surroundings.

When Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway began criticising the state of UK housing in the national press it had remarkable results. A leading UK housebuilder challenged the Hemingways to see what they could design and deliver with the same kind of budget - the Hemingways accepted.