14th May – Lumberjills: Britain’s Forgotten Army.
Join author Joanna Foat at this free lunch talk to hear the previously 
untold story of the Women’s Timber Corps, a.k.a. the Lumberjills. 14 May, 1.15pm – 1.45pm, in the Forest of Fabrication exhibition.
When war was declared in 1939, Britain was almost completely dependent on imported timber – but only had seven months of it stockpiled. Timber was critical to the war effort: it was needed for everything from aircraft and shipbuilding to communications and coal mining. The British timber trade was in trouble. Enter the Lumberjills.
Venue: The Building Centre, Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT
Time: 13:15 – 13:45pm.
Full detail HERE.
17th May 2019 – Forest of Fabrication public lunch tour: the future of city living.
Forest of Fabrication is an exhibition in collaboration between the Building Centre and
Stirling Prize-winning practice dRMM, presenting engineered timber as a defining material of 21st Century architecture.
Join dRMM Director Jonas Lencer for the last in our series of guided tours. Conversation will focus on how to build sustainable communities and the future of city living. Featured projects will include Wood Block House, an urban workplace/family house prototype, and WorkStack, a new timber typology for light-industrial workspaces, designed to retain manufacturing in the city.
Registration is free but spaces are limited. Please book to avoid disappointment.
Full details HERE.
Time: 13:15 – 13:45pm
30th March 2019 – Public weekend tour and woodcut printing workshop.
A fun packed family day out with a tour of the Forest of Fabrication exhibition at 11.00am, a woodcut printing workshop starting at 1.00pm, and Store Street Spring Market all day long.
Forest of Fabrication exhibition tour, 11.00am – 12.00pm
Join dRMM director Alex de Rijke for our Saturday guided tour. The conversation will focus around the studio’s approach to using the minimum amount of material to achieve maximum effect. Projects featured include dRMM’s Stirling Prize-winning project, Hasting Pier, and proposal to build a 36-storey interlocking CLT tower.
Registration for the exhibition tour is free but spaces are limited. Please book to avoid disappointment.
Venue: The Building Centre, Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT
Time: Tour 11:00 – 12:30pm & print workshop 1:00pm – 4:00pm.
Full detail HERE.
28th to 31st March 2019 – Homebuilding and Renovating Show.
An essential homebuilding and renovating event. Seminars galore, tons of exhibits and an advice centre. National Exhibition Center, Halls, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1NT
Full details HERE.
Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm
3rd April 2019 – Re-Imaging Timber Symposium.
Timber is one of the oldest building materials in the world and, if sustainably grown, is an endlessly renewable and natural resource. It offers those who design, make and build with it countless benefits including material flexibility and innovation. For those who live, work or play in a timber building it brings greater health and wellbeing. However as a material, it can still be misunderstood.
The ‘Re-imagining Timber’ symposium will explore pioneering research and development into the manufacture and use of timber; view the latest innovations in the design of timber structures through award-winning project case studies and discuss ‘what next for timber architecture?’
The symposium will be an informative afternoon with inspirational talks from renowned makers, academics and architects including;
– Amin Taha, Groupwork
– Alison Brooks, Alison Brooks Architects
– Alex de Rijke, dRMM
– David Venables, American Hardwood Export Council
– Professor Pekka Heikkinen, Wood Program Aalto University
– Johannes Rebhahn, Wiehag
Registration will open at 1.30pm for a 2.00pm start. The talks will conclude at 6.30pm with a networking drinks reception and a tour of the Forest of Fabrication exhibition by co-curator Alex de Rijke.
Venue: The Building Centre, Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT
Time: 2:00pm – 7:00pm.
Full detail HERE.
4th April 2019 – Timber Talks Seminar.
These seminars are open to architects, engineers, clients, contractors, local authorities, housebuilders and developers and will feature high-calibre speakers who will discuss the aesthetic, commercial and technical possibilities of structural timber through case studies and award winning project examples.
Full detail HERE.
30th April 2019 – Ensuring Long – Term Performance of CLT Breakfast Event.
Building with CLT is becoming increasingly popular with designers, engineers and their clients.
This technical seminar looks closely at best practice examples and guidance for working with CLT, designing out future issues, maintenance aspects and how to deal with problems such as water or fire damage should they occur.
Learn from the UK’s leading experts in CLT design and construction and benefit from their vast experience in delivering engineered timber buildings.
Venue: The Building Centre, Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT
Time: 8:30am -11:00pm.
Full detail HERE.
2nd May 2019 – Tall Storeys from Scaninavia.
This seminar, which will be attended by over 200 UK architects, will present some of the latest multistorey buildings in Scandinavia, as well as relating them to developments in the UK. It will be chaired by Andrew Waugh, of Waugh Thistleton Architects, well known for their pioneering work on CLT multistorey residential buildings in Hackney.
Venue: The Building Centre, Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT
Time: 6:30 – 8:30pm.
Full detail HERE.
9th May 2019 – Business as Usual for CLT.
An event examining the impacts of new legislation for tall buildings.
Venue: The Building Centre, Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT
Time: 2:00pm – 6:30pm.
16th to 17th June 2019 – Homebuilding and Renovating Show – Glasgow.
If you’re based in Glasgow, this is the essential homebuilding and renovating event. No matter what stage your project is at, there will be sessions, experts and exhibitors at the show to help you bring your project to life. Seminars galore, tons of exhibits and an advice centre to boot!
SECC, Exhibition Way, Glasgow G3 8YW
Full detail HERE.
18th June 2019 – Tall Timber Sustainable Construction post Hackitt.
Building with timber systems has never been more topical in the UK: as a solution for sustainable construction; as a way of 
revolutionising programme velocity, building accuracy and on-site labour requirements; and as a way of creating healthy buildings to live in. But the new building regulations pose specific challenges for timber structures in residential buildings over 18m high.
Structural engineers are at the heart of providing solutions to allow architects to create the sustainable buildings our cities need.
This industry workshop brings leading experts from the UK and Sweden together to share their knowledge, experience and vision for the future,
The Institution of Structural Engineers, 47 – 58 Bastwick Street, London EC1V 3PSSECC, Exhibition Way, Glasgow G3 8YW
Time: 09:30 – 15:00
To Register go HERE.
(please note there are only 120 places for this workshop).
30th to 1st June/July 2019 – Homebuilding and Renovating Show – Surrey.
If you’re based in Surrey, this is the essential homebuilding and renovating event. No matter what stage your project is at, there will be sessions, experts and exhibitors at the show to help you bring your project to life. Seminars galore, tons of exhibits and an advice centre to boot!
Sandown Park, Portsmouth Rd, Esher KT10 9AJ
Full detail HERE.
19th to 22nd Sept 2019 – 100% Design.
The Olympia in London will play host to the UK’s largest trade event for architects and designers this September. Emerging brands, designs and materials are brought together along with a wide range of exhibitors.
Olympia, Hammersmith Rd, London W14 8UX
Full details HERE.
24th Sept 2019 – Offsite Expo 2019.
NEW FOR 2019 – OFFSITE EXPO brings together those who are driving change in the construction sector – the event will play host to the leading UK and international offsite manufacturers and component suppliers showcasing a broad spectrum of panelised, volumetric modular solutions, pod and prefabricated MEP solutions.
Full details HERE.
9th to 11th Oct 2019 – UK Construction Week.
The multi award-winning UK Construction Week (UKCW) is back. FREE to attend for trade visitors and consisting of nine shows: Timber Expo, Build Show sponsored by Easy-Trim, Civils Expo, Plant & Machinery Live, Energy 2018, Smart Buildings 2018, Surface & Materials Show and HVAC 2018. This year boasts seminars, free building safety workshops and even a beer and ale festival. Cheers!
National Exhibition Center, Halls, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1NT
Full details HERE.
6th November 2019 – Timber Talks Seminar London.
These seminars are open to architects, engineers, clients, contractors, local authorities, housebuilders and developers and will feature high-calibre speakers who will discuss the aesthetic, commercial and technical possibilities of structural timber through case studies and award winning project examples.
Full details HERE.
4th to 6th December 2019 – World Architecture Festival.
Now in its 12th year, the World Architecture Festival 2019 will take place on the 4-6 December at the RAI Amsterdam.
At the heart of the Festival sits a unique awards programme. It is the only architecture awards where architects pitch their work to a panel of expert judges and their peers – all live at the festival in Amsterdam. Gain global recognition and invaluable feedback on your projects by submitting your completed buildings and future projects across multiple categories.
RAI Amsterdam
Full details HERE.