Mihkel Urmet was awarded the title of the person of the year by the Estonian Woodhouse Association

14.6.2015 / News

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The best handcrafted log house builders are competing again in Räpina

21.4.2021 / News

On 22 May, during the Räpina Good Home Days, we will find out who are the best handcrafted log house builders in Estonia. Professionals, students, and also ‘axemen’ using traditional handicraft tools will all take part in the eleventh vocational…
Thermory: A tribe for eco-conscious architects and developers

5.10.2020 / News

In just over 20 years, Estonian thermally modified wooden materials producer Thermory has grown from a modest cladding and decking operation to a true export tiger, proudly claiming the title of global market leader in its field. The technology…
Elements really are a smart way to build

28.9.2020 / News

Sometimes we struggle to remember the exact moment when a great idea was born and put in action. The founders of KMT remember their decision to enter the fabulous world of prefab wall, ceiling and roof panels very well. “We…
Timbeco – export stars of the Estonian timber industry

21.9.2020 / News

The history of Estonian timber house builder Timbeco goes back several decades to a modest family operation at the dawn of capitalism in the early 90s, building wooden log houses under the name Palktare for affluent Scandinavian and German buyers.…
Palmako’s compact garden houses have conquered Europe

14.9.2020 / News

Like many other Estonian timber companies, Palmako can trace its origins to the dawn of capitalism in the 1990s, when a group of forestry specialists saw the opportunity to go into business for themselves. Building a solid foundation with storing…
Woodhouse Association – university thesis’ are important guides of sector development

20.8.2020 / News

Estonian Woodhouse Association acknowledged the best final thesis related to woodhouse sector for the 6th time. This year's awarded scientific papers were about timber frame structure´s acoustics, sound isolation and wooden I-joists charring analysis or aspects of hygrothermal performance of…
President Kaljulaid: Estonians are the world’s best loghouse builders

10.8.2020 / News

Handcrafted loghouse builders gathered in Hiiumaa on August 1st for another annual vocational competition. Competitors included both professional builders and students acquiring the profession. Jubilee year's best loghouse master is Veiko Palm from EstNor OÜ. The competition has been held…
The President recognized the best prefabricated timber houses

6.8.2020 / News

Estonian Woodhouse Association and Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster announced the best factory produced timber houses in Hiiumaa on July 31. Awards were presented by the President of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid. Overall winner of the contest is a residential houses development…
Wooden houses producers increase export despite challenges in the sector

6.3.2019 / News

Estonian manufacturers exported timber buildings abroad for 394 million euros last year, roughly 23% more than in the year before (2017). The export amounts mainly consisted of the production of large manufacturers of prefabricated modular buildings and garden cottages, but…
Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster has been systemically run and has grown into a working network

1.11.2018 / News

Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster was awarded with titles "Appreciate the Promoters of Entrepreneurship 2018" and „Best Collaborative project 2018“ last month and is also about to celebrate a 10-year anniversary. The sector’s supporting organization (cluster) has a new leader since…
Using timber wall and roof elements on large buildings

28.9.2018 / News

Building from pre-fabricated timber elements and using them in combination with other construction materials is common practice in all Nordic countries. Timber elements speed up the construction process and therefore reduce costs. Timbeco, an Estonian company in the business of…
Nordic Houses: good thoughts lead to valuable actions!

15.8.2018 / News

Nordic Houses as a responsible company has over the years initiated and participated in various charity projects that support the cause of bringing people closer to nature. It has often been successful through different activities that have taken part in…
Estonia’s best handcrafted log house master is Veiko Palm

11.6.2018 / News

Estonia´s best handcrafted log house masters tested their skills in Räpina at the vocational competition of log house builders. The competition during „Hea Kodu“ („Good Home“) days took place for the 8th time in co-operation with Estonian Wooden Houses Association,…
The best promoters of entrepreneurship are Superheroes and Estonian Woodhouse Association

8.5.2018 / News

“European Enterprise Promotion Awards” Estonian qualification “Appreciate the Promoters of Entrepreneurship 2018” were won by leadership program aimed for young girls called Superheroes and Estonian Woodhouse Association who encourages Estonian wooden houses sector to export. Competition for promoting entrepreneurship is meant to…
Winner of the “Pre-Fab House of the Year 2018” award is Kodumaja’s timber frame module apartment buildings complex in Norway

6.4.2018 / News

Pre-fab House of the Year contest organized by the Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster and Estonian Woodhouse Association took place for the 8th time. Winner of this year’s contest from among many entries is Kodumaja (KM Element OÜ) with their complex of apartment…
Estonian Woodhouse Association Recognizes!

25.3.2018 / News

Estonian Woodhouse Association annually recognizes for distinguished actions with titles of honour „Friend of Wooden Houses 2017“ and „Person of the Year 2017“. Remarkable work and activities supporting the sector were last year done by Enterprise Estonia and Toomas Kalev, Chairman of…
Norway to build world’s tallest timber building

28.1.2018 / News

“Mjøstårnet” will be more than 80 metres tall, and stand 30 metres higher than what is today considered the world’s tallest timber building. Mjøstårnet is named after its neighbour and Norway’s largest lake Mjøsa. The record-breaking construction will sit on…
Estonian wooden houses producers introduced the Sector at a reputable Timber Construction Conference

18.12.2017 / News

An international conference Holzbau Forum Garmisch took place in Germany in the beginning of December. For the delegation of Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster, it was the first time to participate. The program of the conference included among other respectable speakers…
One of the biggest pre-fab house factories in the Nordic countries was opened by the President

13.12.2017 / News

A new pre-fab house factory was opened in Kumna village near Keila by the President of Estonia. According to Estonian capital based company Harmet, their new factory is one of the biggest and most automatic in the region. The size…
Fire resistance of a house built of CLT panels was tested in Väike-Maarja

6.11.2017 / News

Scientists of Tallinn University of Technology in co-operation with Estonian Academy of Security Sciences, RISE (Swedish research institutes), Swedish Wood, State Real Estate Company and German specialists tested fire resistance of a building built of cross-laminated timber panels on training…
Lively party on the Estonian street at the construction fair

30.10.2017 / News

As is customary, Estonia was well-represented at the Bygg Reis Deg construction trade fair. In addition to a large joint stand, several Estonian companies also had their own separate stands at the fair. Reino Soots from Q-haus is doing a handstand at his fair…
6th Annual Summer Conference of Friends of Wooden Houses

18.9.2017 / News

Wooden houses sector was having an annual “Summer Conference of Friends of Wooden Houses” already for the 6th time in the last weekend of August. Participants included members of Wooden Houses Association and Cluster, good partners and other interested people.…
Important science papers for the Wooden Houses Sector were written in Estonian University of Life Sciences

11.9.2017 / News

Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster and Estonian Woodhouse Association awarded for the third time science papers written on important topics in the field of prefabricated wooden houses. The best papers were chosen by the Board of the Woodhouse Association and the…
Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster was awarded with the European Cluster Management Excellence label in BRONZE

11.8.2017 / News

Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster was analysed according to the methodology of the European Cluster Excellence Initiative (ECEI) during May 2017. Cluster applied for Bronze label. Observations from the Cluster Benchmarking: The Wooden Houses Cluster initiative (EWHC) belongs to one of…
Palmako enters Norwegian market with new subsidiary

7.8.2017 / News

AS Palmako has founded a Norwegian subsidiary, Palmako Norge AS, through which it hopes to make an even bigger mark in Norway with its products and increase its turnover in Scandinavia. The new company represents the latest step in the implementation…
Estonian wooden houses sector has a new leader

6.7.2017 / News

Producer of modular wooden buildings Harmet OÜ increased turnover last year by ¼, up to 66,7 million EUR. This result exceeds that of Kodumaja AS who has been the biggest producer until now. Harmet’s rise to become Estonia’s biggest wooden houses producer has been…
Wooden houses industry adds value to the forest

12.6.2017 / News

Nearly half of Estonia’ s territory is covered with forest. I am (Sven Mats) pleased to say that in addition to clean air and untouched nature the Estonian wooden houses industry has provided forest with a really high value, through…
Houses that give back

10.5.2017 / News

The building industry creates more carbon than any other and with the building volumes going up as the population of the world increases rapidly, we need innovation for sustainable living. Estonia has an unexpected solution: wooden houses. Wooden houses have…
Environmentally friendly and responsible Nordic Houses

24.4.2017 / News

It is a duty of every state, company and citizen to think about environmental impacts in their everyday activities and take responsibility. It can be seen that the society is moving in the right direction, however it is not always…
The winner of annual international contest “Pre-Fab House of the Year 2017” is a terraced houses complex in Sweden by Puitpaneel OÜ

9.4.2017 / News

Estonian Woodhouse Association and Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster organized the contest of “Pre-Fab House of the Year” for the 7th time. This year 22 Estonian wooden houses producers participated with 31 works from Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Finland and Austria. The…
Wooden Houses at the beginning of the third Millennium

16.3.2017 / News

Wooden houses have been around for thousands of years. As in any field of technology there has been little or no evolution for centuries and now, in the last 70 years, things have changed dramatically and a new era started,…
Harmet’ s new production unit is the largest one built in 2017

13.2.2017 / News

There will not be any construction of logistics centres or their expansions planned in 2017, the biggest of its kind built will presumably be Harmet’ s modular house production unit in Harku county, Kumna village, states the market overview by…
BAU 2017 fair turned out to be the meeting point of Estonian construction sector

27.1.2017 / News

Munich based construction fair BAU that ended last week gave the wooden houses sector a thorough overview of Europe’ s construction sector’ s latest trends. The fair was about architecture and engineering of buildings, introduced new building technologies, tools, new…
The Role Model for the Estonian Wooden House Industry

1.1.2017 / Uncategorized

The slogan of the Estonian company Nordic Houses, which has produced around 2 000 houses in 15 years, is ‘More time for living’. Indeed, there is more time for living when you can have your own wooden house in five…
Harmet OÜ is building a new modular houses production unit

30.11.2016 / News

Nordecon and Nordecon Betoon signed a contract with ITT Capital OÜ to build a prefabricated timberframe modular buildings production unit for Harmet OÜ in Kumna village, Harku county. The contract’ s value is 9 million euros, VAT will be added, confirmed…
The best scientific research was this year written in Tallinn University of Technology

24.10.2016 / News

For the second time Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster in co-operation with Estonian Wooden Houses Association issued awards for scientific research work of pre-fabricated wooden houses. The awards were presented by Tea Varrak, Vice-Rector for Innovation and Business Relations at Tallinn…
First time in Estonia – a virtual wooden house was introduced in Mektory

12.10.2016 / News

Nordic Houses and Downtown Visuals in co-operation with Tallinn Technological University’s (TTU) modern Estonian knowledge transfer center Mektory took the introduction of real - estate in virtual reality to the next level.It is a virtual tour, possible to walk through wearing…
Only 6 countries in Europe produce more wooden houses than Estonia

12.9.2016 / News

Estonia is still the biggest producer of wooden houses in Europe regarding export volume, goal of the sector however is to outperform the main competitors also in production volume in the future. Chairman of the Board of Estonian Wooden Houses…
Estonians are building a large office and warehouse building in Sweden

1.8.2016 / News

A member of Estonian Wooden Houses Association and Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster, EstNor OÜ is building a 1600 m2 office and warehouse building in Sweden. The building is unique because it is entirely made of wood. Architect’ s vision of the…
Prefab House of the Year 2015 winning project by Nordic Houses has been developed into an innovative house concept Nordic Compact. Beyond expectations – the concept is now presenting a technologically unique virtual tour.

1.5.2016 / News

Produced by Nordic Houses and engineered by Trilog Studio architects, the Nordic Compact modern house solution now also has its own, unique virtual reality tour. Architectural visualisation studio Downtown Visuals has created a virtual tour where a future home owner…
Vocational Competition for Handcrafted Log Home Builders 2016

18.4.2016 / News

The Estonian Woodhouse Association and Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster are organizing for the fourth time on the 4th of June in Räpina the Vocational Competition for Handcrafted Log Home Builders. The Competition takes place during the Good Homes Days festival (Hea…
AS Kodumaja won the international woodhouse contest “Pre-fab House of the Year 2016”

17.3.2016 / News

This year the Estonian Woodhouse Association in cooperation with the Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster organised the international contest “Pre-fab House of the Year 2016” for the sixth time, where wooden houses from Norway, Sweden and Estonia built by Estonians participated.…
“Prefab House of the Year 2010-2015” – a book that introduces modern wooden houses is now available in bookstores

28.2.2016 / News

The Estonian Woodhouse Association in cooperation with the Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster has published a book that compiles the works submitted to the “Pre-Fab House of the Year” contest; the book provides a thorough overview of Estonian wooden houses both here and…
Prefab houses tailored like custom-made suits

19.1.2016 / News

Customers are increasing favouring solutions tailored to their wishes and replicating their own personal style when ordering a house. Q-Haus prefab house in NorwayBy Maris TombaAccording to the Cluster Manager of the Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster Lauri Kivil, local customers are…
Wooden house manufacturers received the export deed title of 2015

6.1.2016 / News

Estonian manufacturers of wooden houses that strongly grew export volumes and expanded into new markets in the year ending received KredEx Credit Insurance’s export deed of the year title.On behalf of Estonian Woodhouse Association,chairman of the board Sven Mats adopted…
Estonian wooden house production technology and references are now on the video

2.12.2015 / News

The video gives an overview of wooden houses production technology and represents some beautiful snapshots from different Estonian wooden houses in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany and France. Production of the film was supported by European Regional Development Fund through cluster development…
Estonian Woodhouse Association`s memeber Q-haus made its first passive house

19.11.2015 / News

Kautokeino Home Care Centre is a beautiful example of how the woodhouse Industry can help to make the World a better place. This fine engineered low-Energy building will be home to many elders of the Kautokeino community in the cold…
Estonian wooden house manufacturer Kodumaja AS was awarded the title of The Company of the Year

2.11.2015 / News

The President of the Republic of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, declared Kodumaja AS the best company of the country. The company manufactures timber-framed buildings.“We have not worked for the sake of being awarded,” the Manager of Kodumaja ASLembit Lump expressed…
European wooden house sector is heading for growth

15.10.2015 / News

The European wooden house industry has been stable for several years without showing any trends of significant growth or contraction. The change towards the increase of volumes arrived last year.According to Eurostat, the years-long stagnation of wooden house sector has…
Farmhouse complex built by Palkehituse OÜ awarded the title of “Most Beautiful Estonian Country House 2015”

1.10.2015 / News

The jury for the “Most Beautiful Estonian Country House” award came together in the beginning of September and chose the winner from among 50 candidates. The competition was organised by the Maakodu magazine and the first prize went to Kadaka Farm,…
The largest builders and real estate developers of Southern Norway were on a study visit to Estonia

21.9.2015 / News

The objective of the three-day visit that ended on 18th of September was to take a closer look at the manufacturing of prefab and modular homes and create contacts with Estonian architects and woodhouse manufacturers.“Estonia continues to be the biggest…
Estonian wooden house exhibition set up in Rotermann City

20.7.2015 / News

On 14 July, the Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster set up an exhibition introducing Estonian wooden houses and leading producers of wooden houses in the most prestigious business and living quarter of Tallinn.The Estonian Woodhouse Association in cooperation with the Estonian…
Veiko Palm defended his title at the International Vocational Competition for Handcrafted Log Home Builders

15.7.2015 / News

On 13 June, the fifth International Vocational Competition for Handcrafted Log Home Builders took place under the Räpina Good Homes Days festival, bringing together contestants from Estonia, Finland and Germany.The contest was a high-level event with tight competition. Veiko Palm…
Estonian Wooden Houses Friends Summer Conference will take place on 14th of August

14.7.2015 / News

On 2012 Estonian Woodhouse Association and Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster organised a successful conference for our members and associates for a first time. This year the fourth Wooden Houses Friends Summer conference will take place on 14.-15. of August at…
Percentage of timber remains still high in Estonian housing construction

2.7.2015 / News

2,619 building permits were issued in 2014 which is nearly twice less than a year before. The decrease of the issued permits has happened in comparison of all types of building; however, the smallest drop has occurred as regards the…
The Japanese are very keen on the Estonian log houses

18.6.2015 / News

The last broadcast of the season of the ETV (The national public television station of Estonia) economic programme Kapital was focused on niche products and markets. Kapital visited one of the log houses in Japan, which has been manufactured in…
French national radio channel reports on Estonian wooden house industry

8.6.2015 / News

Last week the French public radio channel Radio France Internationale (Rfi) visited different wooden house manufacturers in Estonia and collected material for reporting on the subject of wood industry.Laurent Berthault, a journalist of the radio channel visited the Estonian Wooden…
Contest „Prefab House of the Year 2015“

21.1.2015 / News

Estonian Woodhouse Association and Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster announced fifth annual contest „Prefab House of the Year“. “Prefab House of the Year” is an annual contest organized since 2010 by Estonian Woodhouse Association and Estonian Wooden Houses Cluster. The purpose…
Vocational Competition for Handcrafted Log Home Builders 2015

8.1.2015 / News

The Estonian Woodhouse Association is organizing for the fourth time on the 13th of June in Räpina the Vocational Competition for Handcrafted Log Home Builders. The Competition takes place during the Good Homes Days festival (Hea kodu päevad). The purpose of…