Cut Timber

Glu-Lam

(Glued Laminated Timber)

SE has designed a large number of buildings with structures that are primarily in timber. Above you can see the 6 formats most often used and examples of where we have used them.

If you have a wish to build a house with a minimal environmental footprint a timber structure is a good way to begin.

Contact us to hear now we can help you and how we together can contribute to a more sustainable built environment.

See our video introduction to the use of timber structures here

Timber structures

Timber is a fantastic building material. It is also our oldest construction material, with a neolithic heritage. And when we think about the structural materials that we build with now, we realize that timber is the most commonly used natural, unreconstituted material. Stone probably comes in second place, unless we allow bricks as a natural material (but they require a significant production procedure).

Of course all materials are natural in the sense that they are made of atoms and elementary particles, but materials such as steel and concrete require complex manufacturing processes and therefore a great deal of production energy, and carbon emissions before they can be used.

In our current climate crisis we need materials which result in a minimum of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions before they can be used, and materials which can also be disposed of or re-used with a minimum of energy and emissions after our buildings have reached their useful life. Properly used, timber is the best choice to satisfy all theses requirements.