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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" %}
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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.

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{% tab title="Wood in Australia " %}
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This book will give you a thorough insight into native Australian timbers.
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{% tab title="Wood joiners handbook" %}
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This guide to joints and techniques will show you many different types of joinery you may find useful.
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{% tab title="Fine Woodworking" %}
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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).

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{% tab title="Wood: Architecture and Design" %}
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This book focusses on wood as a large scale building material but contains lots of great information. 
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You'll find some really inovative approaches to wood here.
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{% tab title="Wood: Materials for inspirational Design" %}
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This book displays wood from a designers perspective and shows the material in different forms used in various ways. 
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