Isabel's Picks for March 2013 - Isabel Barros Architects

SWINGING ME SOFTLY

Believe it or not the Spring is here

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1. ACCOYA TIMBER CLADDING

Product Name: Accoya® wood

Price Range: €4.50-€7.50 per lm

Material: Acetylated wood (radiata pine).

Applications: It can be used for virtually anything from windows to doors, decking to cladding, bridges to boats, etc.

Key Features: Thanks to the acetylation technology pioneered by Accsys Technologies, Accoya wood offers an environmentally compatible, durable wood that can be used with confidence in outdoor applications and will last for many, many years. Without any toxic additives, offers a Class 1 durability rating, resists swelling and shrinking, and retains coatings more easily. Durable woods tend to be slower growing species, whereas Accoya is made using fast growing, sustainably forested radiata pine, so old growth forests are not threatened or depleted to create Accoya. Accoya wood forms an effective barrier to mould and insect attack; it is indigestible to microorganisms and insects and therefore more durable to wood-destroying fungi and virtually rot-proof. The Accoya wood manufacturing process is non-toxic and adds nothing to the wood that does not already naturally occur in it. Outstanding dimensional stability. Accoya wood has superior resistance to UV degradation. Because Accoya wood is modified all the way through, rather than just at the surface, when it is cut, planed or jointed there are no exposed unprotected surfaces in any dimension. Accoya wood is easy to machine and process manually.

Available in Ireland from: Abbey woods

2. WALL STICKER

Product Name: Flowers geometric 3

Price Range: from €27

Material: Resistant, self-adhesive matt vinyl foil.

Available in Ireland from: Wallstickers.ie

3. GLASS BOTTLES

Trademark: Kosta Boda

Designer: Kjell Engman

Product Name: Tobago bottle

Price Range: €246

Key Facts: Mouth blown glass.