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![InFutUReWood at the World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) in Oslo](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_20230619_215854-400x284.jpg)
InFutUReWood at the World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) in Oslo
The InFutUReWood project ends one and a half years ago, but the project partners are still disseminating results from the ... read more
![The demountable-remountable Kayak House on the Swedish “Grand Designs” TV show tonight!](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Montage-400x284.jpg)
The demountable-remountable Kayak House on the Swedish “Grand Designs” TV show tonight!
Almost three years ago we gladly noticed that "Kayak House" , the work of the architects Katarina Lundeberg and Fredric Benesch ... read more
![Dissemination of results and new connections during Forestry Speed Dating](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Forestry-Speed-Dating-1024x272-1-400x284.png)
Dissemination of results and new connections during Forestry Speed Dating
Our project got invited to participate to en event in a seria called "Forestry Speed Datings", organized by the Europen Forest ... read more
![InFutUReWood at the ForestValue Final Conference in Madrid](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_20220929_111415-400x284.jpg)
InFutUReWood at the ForestValue Final Conference in Madrid
Dr. Karin Sandberg (RISE), Prof. Guillermo Íñiguez-González (UPM) and Dr. Daniel F. Llana (UPM) from the InFutUReWood project attended ... read more
![ForestValue Final Conference in Madrid](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Foto-portada-1.11-400x284.jpg)
ForestValue Final Conference in Madrid
ForestValue Final Conference will take place in the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid on the 28th and 29th of September 2022. This ... read more
![New Report published!](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/WP2-report-400x284.jpg)
New Report published!
A new report has just been published in WP2 of the project: Design of Timber Buildings for Deconstruction and Reuse—Three methods and ... read more
![Project meeting in Madrid (online due to Covid-19)](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-06-08_ETSIM-400x284.jpg)
Project meeting in Madrid (online due to Covid-19)
Researchers and industrial partners will meet online from the 15th to the 16th of April to share their results and plan the next steps ... read more
![Deconstruction and selection of a 200-year timber building in Spain](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Portada-400x284.jpg)
Deconstruction and selection of a 200-year timber building in Spain
Astur-Araba S.L., a company from the Basque Country, Spain, dedicated to recover and reuse timber from demolition is currently ... read more
![Workshop with Swedish Architects, Engineers and a Municipality](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cover-workshop-400x284.jpg)
Workshop with Swedish Architects, Engineers and a Municipality
In the Workpackage 2 we are focusing on answering the question “How should we build today to be able to circulate tomorrow?” read more
![Free webinar – Timber buildings: reuse and recycling for sustainability (20/10/2020)](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_Femme_20201008_110928_processed-400x284.jpg)
Free webinar – Timber buildings: reuse and recycling for sustainability (20/10/2020)
This webinar explores the topic of the circular economy for wood used for construction. read more
![Wood Waste Management Facilities Visit](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/P1170975-400x284.jpg)
Wood Waste Management Facilities Visit
The InFutUReWood’s Spanish partner, Timber Construction Research Group from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), contacted ... read more
![Circularity Indicators – CIX -a project led by ETTELVA architects, Sweden](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2281_VY-FRAN-SIDAN_MAXAT-HUS_MED-FOLK-400x284.jpg)
Circularity Indicators – CIX -a project led by ETTELVA architects, Sweden
Sweden 2020. The construction and demolition industry creates 10 million tonnes of waste every year – that is more waste than from all ... read more
![63rd SWST International Convention](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SWST-photo-for-website1-400x284.jpg)
63rd SWST International Convention
As part of the research work of the InFutUReWood, some project partners attended the 63rd Society of Wood Science and Technology ... read more
![Upcoming presentations at the SWST conference!](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SWST2020v2-400x284.jpg)
Upcoming presentations at the SWST conference!
The Society of Wood Science and Technology holds its annual conference online this year. The registration is free! The last day to register is today, Monday the 6th of July 2020. read more
![“Over and over again” – an impressive thesis](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/7_DP2-002-resized1-400x284.jpg)
“Over and over again” – an impressive thesis
You might remember that some months ago we wrote about Ida and Sara visiting us at RISE Wood Building Technology in Skellefteå. They worked very hard this spring and presented their dissertation at Chalmers last week! read more
![Five questions about Sweden](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Hus-Att-välja-trä-400x284.jpg)
Five questions about Sweden
Are you curious how many wooden houses are built in Sweden and if tthe wood is ever recovered? Here you can find the answers! read more
![Work Package 5 overview](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/WP5img.jpg)
Work Package 5 overview
The aim of this Work Package is to resolve the problem that current standards for building design, and timber product manufacture, require strength grading on a basis that is not compatible with reclaimed wood, and similarly varied new timber from less usual sources. The objective is for this new basis grading to be fully equivalent to that of new wood of the main commercial species. read more
![Five Questions for Slovenia](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/zgssi-400x284.jpg)
Five Questions for Slovenia
Tamara Suligoj, Mitja Plos, Ziga Krofl and Goran Turk from University of Ljubljana answered five questions about the use and recycle of timber in Slovenia. read more
![Introduction of work package 4 and its progress](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/01-Edit-400x284.png)
Introduction of work package 4 and its progress
Mark Hughes and Bahareh Nasiri from Aalto University explain the issues that they want to answer in work package 4 of InFutURe Wood ... read more
![Five Questions for Spain](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/00-Portada-Mataró-Gaudí-400x284.jpg)
Five Questions for Spain
Daniel F. Llana, Marina de Arana-Fernández, Marina Arce-Blanco, Ignacio Bobadilla, Miguel Esteban, Francisco Arriaga and Guillermo ... read more
![Five questions for Germany](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DSC02078_2-400x284.jpg)
Five questions for Germany
Michael Risse and Raphaela Ivanica from the Technical University of Munich (Wood Research Munich) answered five questions about timber construction, building documentation and the end-of-life phase of buildings in Germany. read more
![Five questions for Finland](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/04-400x284.jpg)
Five questions for Finland
Mark Hughes and Bahareh Nasiri from Aalto University answered five questions about the use, classification, and recycling of timber in Finland. They also considered demolition of different building types in Finland. read more
![Project meeting in NUI Galway postponed](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/02-Alice-Perry-400x284.jpg)
Project meeting in NUI Galway postponed
Due to COVID-19, the project meeting in Galway has been postponed sine die. Some meeting talks will be replaced by online presentations, and some pieces of information will be published on website read more
![A thesis on Design that Enables the Reuse of Timber Constructions](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ida-and-Sara-2-400x284.jpg)
A thesis on Design that Enables the Reuse of Timber Constructions
At RISE Wood Building Technology in Skellefteå we got a visit from Ida and Sara. For their dissertation they chose the same topic as our project. Coincidence! read more
![Five Questions for Ireland](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Eire-Aughnanure-castle-400x284.jpg)
Five Questions for Ireland
Annette M. Harte and Daniel F. Llana from the National University of Ireland Galway and Elizabeth Shotton and St John Walsh from the ... read more
![Survey of wood demolition waste contamination in UK](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DSC04387-crop-400x284.jpg)
Survey of wood demolition waste contamination in UK
The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) has made an urgent appeal for waste wood samples from the demolition of pre-2007 buildings. They are trying to avoid what they see as a potential crisis read more
![Trada Better Building Conference](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Trada-BBC-2019-400x284.jpg)
Trada Better Building Conference
Trada Better Building Conference, 27 November 2019Royal Geographical Society, London As part of the research for the inFutureWood ... read more
![Reused wooden structure nominated at the arhitectural competition “Swedish Wood Award 2020”](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Kayak-House-1-400x284.jpg)
Reused wooden structure nominated at the arhitectural competition “Swedish Wood Award 2020”
The "Kayak House" is a reused wooden structure with several exposures, situated now in Lisö, south of Stockholm. The initial ... read more
![Results from the CaReWood project](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Carewood-logo.png)
Results from the CaReWood project
CaReWood (Cascade Recovered Wood) is an European project that had the aim to introduce an upgrading concept for recovered solid timber as a source of clean and reliable secondary wooden product read more
![Poster presentation at the conference “Let’s go circular!”](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/LGC_Logo-400x284.jpg)
Poster presentation at the conference “Let’s go circular!”
Poster presentation at the conference "Let's go circular!" read more
![5 questions for the UK](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC_0146-400x284.jpg)
5 questions for the UK
Dan Ridley-Ellis and Marlene Cramer from Edinburgh Napier University answered five questions about the use of timber in the UK. Below ... read more
![Join our team in Madrid!](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/madrid-portada.jpg)
Join our team in Madrid!
You have the chance to work in our InFutUReWood project by joining the Timber Construction - UPM Research Group in Madrid! read more
![First results on properties of recovered wood](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190904_120559-400x284.jpg)
First results on properties of recovered wood
Issues concerning the reuse of timber members as structural elements in new constructions are relatively new and not well known. We ... read more
![Japanese joinery – The ITAKURA method](https://www.infuturewood.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Japanese-joinery-400x284.jpg)
Japanese joinery – The ITAKURA method
We liked a lot reading about the Itakura construction method and though this project is a great source of inspiration read more