Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Materials: Laminated veneer lumber and titanium
Client: Edinburgh Napier University
Architect: Building Design Partnership
Structural engineer: Timber Engineering Connections, London
Main contractor: HBG
Year built: October 2004
Description: The timber framed and titanium-clad egg-shaped lecture theatre at Napier's £25m redeveloped Craiglockhart Campus is one of the most striking elements of the campus. The 200-seater Lindsay Stewart lecture theatre, has a curvaceous 'egg' shape designed to be more efficient for lecturing students by improving interaction and acoustics. Thanks to innovative timber structuring, the lecture theatre can hold its curvaceous frame without the need for internal columns.

This venue can be booked for conferences.

Location: Aberlady, Scotland
Materials: Douglas Fir, Scottish oak flooring & untreated larch
Client: Scottish Ornithologist's Club
Architect: Simpson & Brown
Structural engineer: Will Rudd Davison
Main contractor: John Dennis & Co
Structural frame design & construction: Carpenter Oak & Woodland
Timber supplier: Forestry Commission Scotland
Sawmill services donor: James Jones & Sons
Oak flooring supplier: Russwood Timber
Year built: due to open in Spring 2005
Description: Apart from the structural Douglas Fir post and beam frame, the building will feature Scottish oak flooring and be clad largely in untreated larch. Clay tiles donated by Lafarge Roofing will complete the building envelope. This building will be easy and inexpensive to maintain, heat and manage.

Location: Holyrood, Edinburgh, Scotland
Materials: Laminated Oak, Glulam, Steel
Client: Scottish Parliament
Architect: Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliebue (EMBT) & RMJM
Engineers: Ove Arup & Partners
Main contractors: Bovis Lend Lease, Laing O'Rourke, MSD, Cowley Timber
Year completed: October 2004
Description: The new Scottish Parliament is a striking campus that is located in the heart of Edinburgh. The Debating Chamber is mainly a steel-framed building, clad in concrete panels. The MSPs' desks are made of oak and sycamore and were designed by Enric Miralles. The unique roof structure in the Chamber consists of laminated oak beams that are supported at ceiling level and connected by a system of stainless-steel joints. The absence of supporting columns ensures clear sightlines throughout the Chamber. More Information »

Location: Lahti, Finland
Materials: Spruce Glulam and Birch
Client: City of Lahti
Architect: Arkkitehtityöhuone Artto Kaijansinkko Palo Rossi Tikka
Structural engineers: Turun Juva Oy
Main contractors: NCC Finland Oy
Construction research: VTT Building Technology
Year built: 2000
Description: The load bearing structure of Forest Hall is a 3D space frame of spruce glulam. Nine huge columns, representing trees in the forest, support a 'foliage' on which the light roof layers are piled. The mezzanine floors are supported by heavy glulam beams, behind which is the birch tiled rear wall of the concert hall.

Location: Stirling
Materials: Green Oak
Client: Historic Scotland
Architect: Carpenter Oak & Woodland
Year built: 1999
Description: Fifty seven hammerbeam trusses made from green oak form the new roof of the Great Hall at Stirling, the largest in Scotland, which was built around 1502 by King James IV of Scotland. Over the five centuries since its construction, creep had caused the walls of the hall to deflect outwards. The trusses, which span 15 m (50 ft), were each made with a slightly different pitch and span so that the ridge of the roof would be level and straight.

Location: Kenmore
Main contractor: Scottish Trust for Underwater Archaeology
Year built: 1997
Description: A unique reconstruction of an early Iron Age loch-dwelling, based on excavation evidence from the 2,600 year old site of 'Oakbank Crannog', one of the 18 crannogs preserved in Loch Tay, Scotland. The structure is supported on timber piles, which were hand-driven into the bed of the loch. Because of the cold, peaty waters of the loch the preservation of wooden artefacts is outstanding. The original site still has the well preserved structural remains of the artificial island including the platform support piles, the house floors and the collapsed remains overlying the floors. Visit the Scottish Crannog Centre for more information.

Location: Pitlochry
Materials: Douglas fir, larch, OSB
Architect: Gaia Architects
Main contractor: Carpenter Oak & Woodland
Description: The pavilion celebrates the life and achievements of Scottish Botanist David Douglas. It is also a practical demonstration of the use of Scottish grown timber. The brief, conceived by the Scottish Forest Industries Cluster, was to produce a contemporary building with organic influences to its design. The inspiration for the shape of the building comes from a number of sources including the symmetrically folded seeds of Douglas fir. The timber is predominantly Douglas fir, all grown and processed in Scotland. Traditionally jointed timber elements provide the basic structure of the building, and lateral stability is provided by the building's shape and the stick-framed curved wall. The columns supporting the perimeter of the roof are made from larch, which are raised above the ground on galvanised steel brackets. The roof is tiled with untreated larch shingles and the walls contain two hidden layers of Oriented Strand Board. The interior floor is made from a variety of hardwoods.