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On this scale, shorter is better: the number is heat leaving the wall. @tuuya_eu

BEFORE IT EXISTS Heavy storms prove the value of a solid timber core. @tuuya_eu

THE BRIEF A regulation does not have to ban timber to stop it. It only has to make the paperwork impossible. According to The Architects' Journal, proposed changes to building regulations could halt timber construction in parts of the UK market, not by banning the material but by rewriting what ha…

THE BREAKDOWN Same U-value, three different afternoons An energy certificate reads the same number for solid timber, CLT and timber frame walls once they are built to match. That is where the agreement ends. According to a comparison document from the panel manufacturer, these three build-ups (MH…

Morning, all. Read before the coffee cools. @tuuya_eu

EVENING DIGEST 📊 THE MARKET The timber index stood at 121.1 in July 2026, +0.3 per cent on the month and +4.6 per cent on the year, against concrete at 130.5 and steel at 104.6 (all Eurostat indices, 2021 = 100). Steel is now the fastest mover on the year at +6.5 per cent, yet the EU construction …

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BEFORE IT EXISTS A compact footprint leaves more of the shore entirely untouched. @tuuya_eu

WORTH KNOWING Nothing about a timber house moves slower than the part nobody photographs. Design work runs one to three months before a single board is cut. The frame goes up on site in two to three weeks once the elements arrive. The fast part is the part everyone shows. The slow part is where t…

☀ SITE ADVISORY Heat across southern Europe Concrete sets faster than planned. Exterior work shifts to early hours. Morning, all. Numbers first, opinions later. @tuuya_eu

EVENING DIGEST 📐 THE MARKET The timber index stood at 121.1 in July 2026, +0.3 per cent on the month and +4.6 per cent on the year, against concrete at 130.5 and steel at 104.6 (all Eurostat indices, 2021 = 100). Steel is moving fastest of the three, up 6.5 per cent on the year, and a frame designe…

One material doing two jobs changes what everyone downstream has to plan for. @tuuya_eu

New in the journal, this time in Latvian Pirts ventilāciju apmaksā vai nu tāmē, vai mainot apdari. If you have Latvian-speaking friends or colleagues planning a build, forward it to them. Want this one in English too? Tap a like on this post. Enough likes and we translate it. Read it in Latvian …

BEFORE IT EXISTS Horizontal architecture defers to the wind rather than fighting it. @tuuya_eu