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This award recognises the efforts of talented designers and design teams who aim to improve our daily lives with practical and beautiful creations, designed to solve a problem, make life easier or simply spread joy. Habitree was chosen for its innovative design, pure Scandinavian style and environmental conscience. Danish designer, Jonas Støvring, first developed the i...

M-S Pro Architects announce the completion of an indoor swimming pool in a state-of-the-art, single storey family home set in a picturesque location on the outskirts of Bratislava - one of Europe’s youngest capital cities. Kebony, a beautiful wood recommended by leading architects, was chosen to craft the ceiling of the swimming pool, which is designed to emulate ripplin...

Specialists in floating construction Bluet Ltd and Marinetek Group, have collaborated to create a spectacular floating villa located in Marinstaden, Sweden. As waterfront developments are becoming increasingly popular, this unique design provides a sustainable option without causing harm to the environment. The simple and lightweight wooden structure is clad in Kebony, a...

Today, Philippe Muyters, Flemish Minister for Work, Economy, Innovation and Sports, visited the site of Kebony’s second European factory, to celebrate the groundbreaking of this new facility. This milestone comes one year after Kebony announced that €19.05 million (177.5 million NOK) had been raised to build the new facility, which included investment from Flemish compan...

Kebony, a Norwegian company that produces a beautiful wood recommended by leading architects, today announced it has been named in the prestigious 2017 Global Cleantech 100, produced by CTG (Cleantech Group), who keeps its audiences in touch with emerging trends, leading innovation companies and all key players in sustainable innovation. Developed in Norway, Kebony’s ...

Inspired by the original 19th Century design, a rundown farmhouse on the east side of the River Glomma - Norway’s longest and largest river - has been brought into the 21st Century by LINK architects. The Lersch family bought the dilapidated farmhouse shortly after the millennium and were keen to preserve the historic building, intending to restore one of the last hi...

Kebony announces that Kebony Clear has now officially been approved as a window wood by the Verband Fenster und Fassade (German Association of Windows and Facades, VFF). Kebony, a beautiful wood recommended by leading architects, has been used for years in window installations worldwide and last year the wood was officially recognised as a suitable product for the window...

Award winning architectural firm, Nord Architects, has unveiled its latest design; a contemporary Urban Hospice intended to create a positive environment while offering support for patients in need of palliative care. Located in the tranquil setting of Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, the vision was to provide a warm and protective atmosphere for up to sixteen patients. Kebony...

The artist’s retreat, founded by Norwegian composer and musician Håvard Lund, provides a tranquil haven to focus on creative pursuits. Completed in August 2016, the retreat, aptly named Fordypningsrommet or ‘room for deeper studies’ started out with just six mono-functional Kebony clad houses. Growing demand has since led to the completion of three more buildings and no...

Edward Collinson Design has teamed up with Kebony once more to further develop its collection of Kebony interior designs. With a background in sculpture and building design, Edward Collinson combines form and function in his furniture to create pieces that are both beautiful and practical. Available just in time for Christmas, the latest creation is an innovative room di...

Located in the Rebild Municipality, northern Denmark, Skørping School has created an interactive playground made from sustainable Kebony wood. The project was selected as one of the winners in a campaign by Danish Realdania, with an emphasis on encouraging the students to be more energetic, particularly those who normally lead less active lives. The venture, headed up by...

Architectural firm Arches has recently created a contemporary, eco-friendly villa within close proximity to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania and the country’s largest city. Clad in 650m² of sustainable Kebony wood, this unique property has been built to complement the scenery, with natural timber cladding and irregular pitched roofs, characteristic of the neighbouring s...

This autumn, Habitree is launching a stylish and eco-friendly Christmas tree made from sustainable Kebony wood. Danish designer, Jonas Støvring, first developed the idea while working for the Randers microbrewery in Denmark which used Kebony timber to build premium boxes for packaging their beer bottles. The process of manufacturing these boxes left the distillery with e...

Moholt 50|50, Trondheim’s latest student accommodation, is set to become Europe’s largest cross laminated timber structure and a welcome addition to the city. With construction now drawing to a close, this new student village is expected to reach completion in December 2016. The sleek and stylish development has a sustainable Kebony façade and will comprise five blocks h...

The Beacon (link is external) is a charming family restaurant and bar located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, which has recently completed construction of a roof terrace made of sustainable Kebony decking. Designed by Ben Chandler (link is external), this terrace was built to take advantage of the restaurant’s idyllic location, set within seventeen acres of picturesque country...

Danish Architectural firm Cubo has recently completed an artist’s residence that will function as an open-door workshop and exhibition space, whilst offering free accommodation to artists for a week or two at a time. Clad in sustainable Kebony wood, this unique ‘Artist’s House’ overlooks the picturesque port of Tyskerhavn in the Danish town of Hvide Sande. The house, ...

Last year, the Malmö Municipality in Sweden unveiled the opening of Slussplan, a brand new urban park. One year on, Slussplan Urban Park has proved to be a great success, offering a public space without the use of tropical hardwood, ensuring sustainability at its core. The park combines a unique stairway providing access to Malmö’s historic canal, green space for the res...

Fredrikstad Waldorf School’s newest addition, which will accommodate children from grades 2 – 4 (UK equivalent year 3 - 5) and create a new premises for the school day care facility, was recently opened by Jon-Ivar Nygård, Mayor of Fredrikstad. Located on a picturesque south facing slope and surrounded by trees the new building, clad in Kebony, is situated on the boundar...

Kebony was recently selected for use in the construction of The Wharf, a new commercial and residential development in Washington, D.C. along the Potomac River. Opening in October 2017, Kebony will be used for more than 100,000 square feet of decking, as well as cladding on certain store fronts and rooftop decks. Construction of the $2 billion development is currently...

Edward Collinson has teamed up with Kebony to create an exciting new range of bespoke wooden shelves, perfect for urban and space-conscious kitchen settings. This range combines a forward looking design of sleek, delicate curves with a mid-century influence, which inspired the choice to use dark Kebony wood. Edward Collinson Design (link is external) is a North London...

Oslo is currently embarking upon one of the most adventurous harbour regeneration projects ever undertaken in Europe. The downtown waterfront, located in the centre of Norway’s capital, has already begun its transformation into a new cultural and social hub and has recently seen the new sea bath in Sørenga completed. This publically accessible park and bathing complex is...

TYIN tegnestue architects are exhibiting plans and prototypes made of Kebony for their latest design at this year’s Venice Biennale which is being held from May until end of November. The project, Molofunctional, will improve the facilities for travellers visiting Scandinavia and local inhabitants alike, with additional meeting places, a bathroom and new viewpoints, all ...

JD Architects (JDA) has recently completed its ambitious redevelopment of Cinque Ports Street, the 1,050 sq. m. former Central Garage site in Rye. Derelict for fourteen years, these buildings have been given a new lease of life with a striking, angular wooden façade made from Kebony. With its clever design and sustainable focus, Cinque Ports Street was announced as a win...

Kebony, the sustainable alternative to tropical hardwood, was featured in one of ten Norwegian design exhibitions at the WantedDesign showcase “A Few Good Things: New Designs From Norway” taking place in New York City this month. The three-day event will introduce an American audience to products and prototypes from Norway’s most talented design studios and encourage the...

Contractors used Kebony facade as a sun shading device and rain screen for the cladding on each of the facilities. The modified softwood was also applied to pre-fabricated bathrooms and utilised as a fencing material connected to the structures. The project, designed by professionals at Page & Turnbull in collaboration with the California and Santa Clara County Departmen...

The Villa Circuitus was built to meet passive house requirements, with strict environmental demands in terms of design and construction materials. Both Simone Kreutzer and Tommy Wesslund are certified passive house experts with special expertise in energy and ventilation, knowledge they brought to the design of their latest project. They were the creative minds behind th...

The property, split across three levels, was described as “the most elaborate we’ve ever built” by Tommy Bahama’s Executive Vice President of marketing, Rob Goldberg. Kebony was used throughout the restaurant and rooftop lounge – an area of 15,000 square feet – and the property’s centrepiece spiral staircase, which joins the second and third floors, was exquisitely craft...

The At the Water’s Edge project consists of a fairy tale inspired treehouse village with an enchanting aesthetic to enthral and amaze children for hours on end. Turreted individually designed treehouses provide kids with their own personal spaces to retreat to via cargo nets and Indiana Jones style rope bridges, while The Lake House, with its private gym, luxury showers ...

In line with the Games’ legacy goals, “Go Beyond and Create Tomorrow”, the development has been designed by Henning Larsen Architects and SGB to reflect ‘passivhaus’ principles with a particular focus on sustainability in the selection of construction materials. The accommodation draws influence from traditional Nordic architecture, with wood panelling used throughout. K...

The project consists of six small mono-functional houses with a uniquely playful design and clad in Kebony. The houses include a sauna, sleeping house, kitchen house, studio, the so called “tower for big thoughts”, and a bath-house. These dwellings are built on top of angled steel feet and anchored with bolts and concrete to create visually striking angles. Situated in t...

Kebony clear was used as flooring for the restaurant and rooftop lounge, as well as for the steps on the exquisitely crafted spiral staircase that connects the two levels.

The Isle of Wight is renowned for its 1950s conservative style of housing, everything that this Grand Design was not planned to be. Therefore, the 9,000 sq ft home was renovated to blend seamlessly with the ancient woodland and beaches which surrounded the property. Innovative, modern and striking cladding was therefore an important aspect of the design. To refle...

The eco-friendly care home was prefabricated by Q-haus - an Estonian producer of prefabricated wooden structures - and transported to the remote location in Kautokeino using 22 trucks. Kebony, the sustainable alternative to tropical hardwood, was used for the cladding of the care home, carefully selected to complement the natural hillside surroundings of the building, wh...

For years Kebony has been used across the world in window installations. Now, following research and exhaustive testing by Menck Fenster in Hamburg, which recommended Kebony as a suitable product for the window industry, the wood has been recognised by the Institute for Window Technology in Rosenheim. The timber concedes with VFF’s recommendations, meets the requirements...

The Monk restaurant presented an interesting creative challenge for Maner, as the size requirements of the indoor and outdoor space alters between the seasons. In spring and autumn, Babylon Kilyos is a venue for outdoor concerts and music festivals, hosting up to 20,000 concertgoers. In the winter months however, only the 100 guest capacity indoor restaurant is used. To ...

The four bedroom house, which has been subject to a complete renovation, has only the base walls, load bearing wooden-structure, staircase and chimney remaining from the original Funkis ‘functionalist style’ house, built in the 1930s. The interior of this house is now light and spacious with a minimalistic approach maintained throughout. In addition, sustainability was...