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Engineered Wood: A New Timber Alternative

With the look and feel of natural timber, backed by 12 months of performance testing for the public realm, engineered wood joins Street Furniture Australia’s selection of batten materials. Designers and place custodians can now choose from three batten options to achieve a timber look: natural Spotted Gum hardwood, low maintenance aluminium Wood Without Worry, and engineered wood. This new hardwood alternative offers the natural warmth of timber with simplified care. What is engineered wood?Onewood HRT (Homogeneous Reconstituted Timber) is a solid engineered timber, made from fast-growing FSC and PEFC-certified poplar and eucalyptus fibres that are compressed under heat and pressure with a resin binder. Unlike plywood it is solid throughout, with an organic grain that resembles natural timber. Street Furniture Australia partners with a Singapore-based supplier, with timber fibres …

  • 7 oct 2025
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Ready to Glow at DARK in Nipaluna/Hobart

Street Furniture Australia is proud to support the AILA 2025 Festival of Landscape Architecture: DARK, taking place in Nipaluna/Hobart from 19–21 October, in our eleventh year as an AILA National Partner. Festival Creative Directors Miriam Shevland, Simone Bliss and Jerry de Gryse, together with Cultural Adviser Theresa Sainty, have shaped an immersive program that explores different sides of the landscape architecture profession and reflects the unique character of Lutruwita/Tasmania. Street Furniture Australia is even bringing some glow-in-the-dark furniture, in a brand new powdercoat colour. Here are eight of our anticipated Festival highlights. 1. Opening Talks – Dark Past at the Theatre RoyalFollowing a Welcome to Country by Theresa Sainty, speakers share truth telling and acknowledgement of Lutruwita’s past. Date: Sunday 19 October, from 1pmLocation: Theatre Royal, Corner Campbell & Collins …

  • 24 sep 2025
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