Make no mistake about it: timber is and will remain a crucial element of modern design, for no other material combines beauty, strength, warmth and flexibility of use as timber does.

A range of resources exist to inspire the use of timber.

• Australian Timber Design Awards
  
  Australia's annual awards for design excellence using timber and other wood products.

• Timber Building in Australia
  
  A searchable database of timber projects, on a variety of scales and in a range of applications from across Australia, maintained by the Timber Research Unit in Tasmania.
• timberDESIGN Australasia
  
  A quarterly publication for architects, building designers, engineers, interior & exterior designers, planners & regulators. The magazine inspires and informs professionals about sustainable building and design solutions in wood with examples and articles on project throughout Australia and New Zealand.