The Australian Wooden Boat Festival, held biannually in Hobart, has become the largest Wooden Boat Festival in the Southern Hemisphere, attracting maritime enthusiasts from around the world. A highlight of this year’s event is a handcrafted Celery Top boat born of a collaboration between Tasmania’s Wooden Boat Centre, the U.S. based North West School of Wooden Boat Building and Hydrowood.
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Salamanca Building is the new primary workplace of Tasmania’s government agencies, including the Department of Premier and Cabinet. The architects, FJMT were tasked with achieving a 5 Green Star rating and creating a unique sense of identity for staff and visitors. FJMT wanted their interiors to mirror the beautiful Tasmanian landscape, and they wanted to create committee rooms that were apt for the grandeur of future proceedings. They chose Hydrowood, to be crafted into tables by talented local designer/makers, and they couldn’t be happier with the result.
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“I had a moment when we were out on the lake in Tasmania, and I realised that it wasn’t just a shallow lake containing a few fallen trees. It was a body of water, over 70 metres deep, a fully submerged forest.” Designer Nathan Day
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As a part of the Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2017, Hydrowood is proud to be the principal sponsor of the Dutch Wooden Boat Project.
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