Oak plank stool, Original Coffee, Copenhagen.

Artek Stool 60 by Alvar Aalto, 1933. This example, Kontrasti, features thermally modified (TMT) birch in the joins to highlight the innovative features. Made entirely of birch, it has been in continuous production in the same factory in Finland since 1933. Image Artek.

Structural finger join in glulam engineered wood beams.

Peikko’s timber-based hybrid construction solutions include a range of standardised connections that enable connecting timber, steel and concrete seamlessly and reliably in large and heavy structures. In this case, a Bramco beam shoe on the end of the glulam beam connects with the Ramco hidden corbel in the vertical, multistorey column.