Timber Talent Exhibition

Following last year’s successful Inspiring Futures exhibition on timber structures, The Architecture Centre will be showing 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.

Venue

The Architecture Centre, Harbourside

Dates

Date 9 Sep 2008 - 9 Nov 2008

Road Directions

The M4 and M5 motorways lead into Bristol via the M32. Limited meter parking is available on Queen Square. There is a multi–storey car park on Queen Charlotte Street and also an underground car park near Millennium Square.

Public Transport Directions

There are several stops close by in the centre and Marlborough Street Bus Station is a 15 minute walk away.

The Architecture Centre is a 15 minute walk from Bristol Temple Meads station. There is a taxi rank outside the station and Buses 8 and 9 will take you to St Augustine's Parade. Temple Meads is a 15 minute journey from Bath Spa and 1 hour 45 minutes from London Paddington

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• In town/city centre