Timber Talent South West
Timber Talent South West
Main gallery
9 September - 9 November 2008
Following last year’s successful Inspiring Futures exhibition on timber structures, we are pleased to show a second exhibition from The Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World.
Timber Talent is a selection of sixteen of the most inspiring examples of the use of timber in contemporary UK architecture, which are located in or designed in the South West.
This South West focus includes a range of buildings of varying functions including community spaces, housing projects, workplaces and structures in the landscape. It features exciting buildings such as sixixis’ ground-breaking ‘Rolling Summer House’, the Eden Project’s ‘Core’ and the award-winning ‘Dairy House’ in Somerset.
The exhibition is divided into four themes, each one highlighting the importance of good design, the influence of the natural world and the value of sustainability in the realisation of these structures. At a time when climate change and energy resources are high on the agenda, it is reassuring to see that architectural practices in the South West are taking these matters in hand and producing a range of intelligent and considered timber structures. The projects are documented by photographs, early sketches and models.
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