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# Further Reading

This table contains a range of books all available from the Melbourne University Architecture Library. If you want to expand your knowledge of timber we highly recommend checking them out.

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{% tab title="Understanding Wood" %}
![](/files/-MAZwjUDf24_mQLyx6rY)

This book will tell you everything you need to know about timber as a material. From how the trees grow to how they are sawn up and how the timber continues to move even when it's finished.

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Wood in Australia " %}
![](/files/-MAZxeZ9kzk_IsRJNNL_)

This book will give you a thorough insight into native Australian timbers.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Wood joiners handbook" %}
![](/files/-MAd4uHK2iP5appCbtVZ)

This guide to joints and techniques will show you many different types of joinery you may find useful.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Fine Woodworking" %}
![](/files/-MAcy0QO5MrN5MFjkPNB)

You'll find this book and lots of back issues of the Fine Woodworking magazine available through the Melbourne Uni library system (some are available at the Architecture Library).

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Wood: Architecture and Design" %}
![](/files/-MAdW_IdzrqpfDfphAIW)

This book focusses on wood as a large scale building material but contains lots of great information. 
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Wonder Wood" %}
![](/files/-MAdZHho4EDdLyoRuAVw)

You'll find some really inovative approaches to wood here.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Wood: Materials for inspirational Design" %}
![](/files/-MAdpOZKw5HwtaQfXkAH)

This book displays wood from a designers perspective and shows the material in different forms used in various ways. 
{% endtab %}
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