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On the website www.stovepartsdirect.co.uk stove glass and stove parts are supplied to all areas of the UK. The ethos behind stoves is the use of sustainable fuel mainly wood. This article outlines other uses for sustainable wood grown in the United Kingdom.The Savill Building is a visitor centre at the entrance to The Savill Garden in Windsor Great Park, Surrey, The build was designed by Architects Glen Howells, and Buro Happold. The Engineers were Haskins Robinson Waters. The building was opened by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh on the 26 June 2006.
It was a technically very demanding project structure. The timber chosen for construction was new sawn Larch. Which was harvested from the Crown Estates own forests for the timber laths which, like its predecessor the Downland Gridshell, were bonded into continuous lengths using the finger joint, and the structure assembled in situ over a flat scaffold deck.
Adjustable props were then manipulated until the structure had achieved its final 3D form. Locking off the structure to the steel ring beam could then be completed along with insertion of blocking and the further 2 layers to make up the 4 layer gridshell.
This building is a master piece in design and has attracted huge numbers of visitors. The completed building was so popular that today visitor numbers have more than doubled from 250,000 to over 500,000 per year, proving that a world class building.
Those involved in the process and the complete organisation are extremely proud of this innovative, extraordinary oak structure. The building has won many of awards including The Wood Awards Gold Award as well as the Public Building and Structural categories, and The Institute of Structural Engineers Supreme Award for Structural Excellence. Close collaboration was essential from an early stage to manage risk and to ensure the optimum cost, quality and programme was achieved for this truly exceptional timber structure.
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