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American Institute of Timber Construction

• Structural Glued-Laminated Timber in Religious Structures.

• A Portfolio of Religious Structures.

American Wood Preservers Institute

• AWPI Century’s Best Awards – Features winners in competition to out­standing treated wood projects. 24 pages.

California Redwood Association

• Redwood Lumber Grades & Uses – Color photographs show Redwood grades and descriptions of typical uses.

• Redwood Homes: Art in Architecture – Color concept book showing Red­wood in the home. 12 pages.

• Redwood Landscape Architecture – Shows Redwood grades for a variety of garden applications. 8 pages.

• Build It with Redwood – Detailed project plans on Lake Tahoe Gazebo, Windsor Shade Shelter, Mendocino Bench, and Sonoma Picnic Table. Includes construction and materials lists.

Canadian Wood Council

• Wood Design & Building – A magazine about the creative use of wood in architecture from North America and around the world. Each issue features innovative design and construction ideas, along with building code-related technical articles. Published quarterly.

• The Wood Design Awards – A series of books highlighting award winning wood buildings.  The highly acclaimed books feature dramatic photos, detail drawings and concise descriptions of award winning buildings.

Southern Pine Council

• Garden & Outdoor Idea Book – Ideas for projects using pressure-treated Southern Pine. Photos of completed structures, large and small, plus ideas for using treated lumber leftovers. Includes project plans. (download from www.southernpine.com only).

• Raised Floor Systems – Ten advantages of raised floor systems for home construction, including termite protection.

• Raised Floor Construction Manual – How to build homes using a raised floor platform type construction.  Advantages, materials, construction details, foundation types, soil information, design criteria and more.  48 pages.  #411.

Western Wood Products Association

• Western Wood Species Book, Vol. 1, Dimension Lumber – Color illustrations show characteristics, framing lumber grades in Douglas Fir, Larch, Hem-Fir, Ponderosa Pine and Western Woods.  

• Western Wood Species Book, Vol. 2, Selects/Finishes/Commons – Boards – Color illustrations show comparative grades and species charac­teristics for boards. 52 pages.

• Western Wood Species Book, Vol. 3, Factory Lumber – Color photographs show cutting recommendations and percentage of recovery for factory lumber graded under WWPA, WCLIB, and Export R Rules. Includes factory and shop grades in Ponderosa Pine, Sugar Pine, Douglas Fir, and Hem-Fir.  

Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association

• 500 Do-It-Yourself Wood Moulding Projects – How to use wood mouldings for building everything from birdhouses to bookshelves, from door trim to drawer dividers and from planters to picture frames

Case Studies

APA

• Beaverton City Library – A forest of curved glulam columns support the Douglas-fir ceiling in this city library in Beaverton, Oregon. Form A115.

• Wieden and Kennedy Corporate Headquarters – Glulam beams and plywood play key roles in the renovation of an old warehouse that now houses an advertising agency. Form A120.

• Albert Lea High School – Features use of glulam beams and laminated decking in high school construction. Form EWS B115.

• Santa Maria Water Reservoir Cover – A glulam wood roof structure covers a 57,600-square-foot water reservoir. Form EWS C115.

• Palmer Events Center – Glulam trusses support the Center’s wood roof canopy. Laminated decking adds aesthetic appeal to the underside of the canopy. Form EWS C120.

• Van Norman Reservoir – Describes 665,000 square foot wood reservoir cover. Form V110.

• Wisconsin Visitors Center – Glulam beams and exposed wood roof deck­ing used in 10,000 square foot structure. Form W110.

• Washington State History Museum – HDO plywood in 6,800 gang forms used to construct 11 arches. Form W115.

• Investco Financial Corp – Open office design exposes elements of wood construction. Form W125.

• Disney Ice – Ice arena features arched Southern Pine glulam girders and 1-1/8 in. plywood roof sheathing. Form W120.

• Home Depot – Plywood panel deck pallets for the automated storage and retrieval systems at this warehouse. Form X145.

• Bear Hill Condominiums – Cost and labor advantages of a multifamily development that used oriented strand board instead of gypsum wall­board. Form X160.

• Microtel Inn Hotels – Highlights a Microtel Inn owner’s decision to switch from gypsum wallboard to oriented strand board wall sheathing. Form X165.

• Liberty High School – Glulam, I-joists, and plywood used for a high school campus complex of 19 buildings. Form Y115.

• Northgate Mall – Aesthetics and shear design values of engineered wood products in a shopping mall renovation. Form Y120.

Canadian Wood Council

• Case  Studies – 10 different case studies of wood frame buildings highlighting schools, recreational facilities, commercial and residential buildings.

• Fact Sheets - Concise 1 page fact sheets illustrating wood use in 70 different buildings.  Use of wood is highlighted in schools, recreation buildings, office buildings and 4 story condominiums.

• Outstanding Wood Buildings – This series of Case Studies demonstrates how building designers are finding new innovative uses for wood products in commercial construction.

Southern Pine Council

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