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Natural Material Innovation

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  • Supertall Timber Building

Natural material innovation for sustainable living

  • Natural material innovation for sustainable living overview
  • Assembly of plant-based materials
  • Impregnation of intact materials for better properties
  • Understanding and designing improved functional materials

FLOWER (Flax composites, LOW weight, End of life and Recycling)

  • FLOWER (Flax composites, LOW weight, End of life and Recycling) overview
  • Project objectives and deliverables
  • Project consortium

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Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2019

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  • Timber Towers of Tomorrow
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  • MADE Undergraduate Course Student Survey
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    Research overview
    • Natural material innovation for sustainable living
    • Supertall Timber Building
    • FLOWER (Flax composites, LOW weight, End of life and Recycling)
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  • Events

    Events

    Events overview
    • Past Events
  • Publications & Awards

    Publications & Awards

    Publications & Awards overview
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • Awards
  • Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2019

    Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2019

    Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2019 overview
    • Timber Towers of Tomorrow
    • Teachers' Resources
    • Video Resources
    • MADE Undergraduate Course Student Survey
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    • News
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    • Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2019
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Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2019

  • Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2019 overview
  • Timber Towers of Tomorrow
  • Teachers' Resources
  • Video Resources
  • MADE Undergraduate Course Student Survey

Video Resources

TedX Cambridge talk on 'Timber Towers of Tomorrow' by Dr Michael Ramage, Director of the Centre for Natural Material Innovation. 

The Economist video on our research ‘Wooden skyscrapers could be the future of our cities' 

Natural Material Innovation

Contact Information

Department of Architecture University of Cambridge 1-5 Scroope Terrace, Cambridge CB2 1PX
natmat@aha.cam.ac.uk

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