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Only a few days remaining...

Only a few days remaining. On 28th February 2024 starts the 13th Wood Conference in Cape Town. We are delighted to present the first English edition of Kuratle News South Africa. Read more...
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We are hosting our first virtual WOOD CONFERENCE Cape Town

We are hosting our first virtual WOOD CONFERENCE Cape Town

After ten years of positive reactions the success story of the Wood Conference continues Virtually on the 24 February 2022.
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Inspiration: Way out of the city

Inspiration: Way out of the city

"From the beginning, we enjoyed the smell of wood. It's an enormous difference from brick buildings, which tend to feel damp and cold during construction.” Says the owner of a beautiful wooden house, which shows how a current interpretation of a country house made from Novatop CLT looks like! 
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Facades that can naturally age

Facades that can naturally age

Customers are increasingly looking for facades that can naturally age
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THE NEW SCHOOL SHOWS CHILDREN THE MAGIC OF WOOD

THE NEW SCHOOL SHOWS CHILDREN THE MAGIC OF WOOD

Schoolchildren from Psár (near Prague, Czech Republic) were welcomed in September by a brand new school, in classes they will not only learn history or mathematics, but also respect for wood as a natural part of the space that surrounds them.
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Urban Concept by an Inspirational Young Architect

Urban Concept by an Inspirational Young Architect

Fundokuhle Kubheka and his inspiring urban concept with CLT and a new take on social housing took the second place in the Timber Competition. His prize was a weekend in the Hout Bay House, a showhouse and international research project built from CLT. We have asked Fundokuhle Kubheka about his experience with Timber competition and timber as a material.
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International experience of a talented SA Architect

International experience of a talented SA Architect

One of the main goals of the Timber Competition & HWZ International team was to encourage a younger generation of architects to create new designs using wood and respond to the worldwide trend of climatically responsible construction.  
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The Experience of the Timber Competition's Winner

The Experience of the Timber Competition's Winner

Carla Jooste was chosen by an international Jury as the winner of the Timber Competition, with the aim to motivate young South African Architects to design a modern sustainable timber construction. The Competition organized by HWZ International SA was open to all South African Architects under the age of 35. Visit the Competition’s homepage and look at the 10 inspiring designs which was submitted in the final as well as Carla Jooste’s winning project.
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4th anniversary of the Hout Bay House

4th anniversary of the Hout Bay House

The Hout Bay House is a showhouse and international research project built from CLT (cross laminated timber) located in Cape Town. The house is open to architects and public interested in green building and shows how a modern timver construction performs in the climatic conditions of Western Cape.
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Carla’s Internship Day by Day

Carla’s Internship Day by Day

“As an Architect, I would love to live in a Timber house. I believe, timber construction has the ability to bring warmth and a feeling of “being grounded” in a space. A home is a place of warmth, memories and inspiration and therefore incorporating timber into such a special and significant place would be ideal.”, says Carla Jooste, winner of the Timber Competition who have just spent several days with the Prodesi/Domesi Architects in the Czech Republic, visited the Novatop CLT production and met the team who offers sustainable building solutions for the South African Market in cooperation with HWZi.
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