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ENDLESS STAIR
A never-ending staircase designed by architects dRMM, engineered by Arup and constructed from American tulipwood CLT.
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THE SMILE
The most ambitious CLT structure ever made was constructed from panels of American tulipwood CLT (some of them pre-curved) in this pavilion, designed by Alison Brooks Architects and engineered by Arup.
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KUNSTCLUSTER
Frits van Dongen and Patrick Koschuch specified American tulipwood for the curved walls of the Kunstcluster (Art Cluster) in the Dutch city of Nieuwegein for its varied natural tones.
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TABLE TURNED
Ten leaders in design commissioned ten emerging designers to create the object they have always wanted for The Wish List, a project initiated by AHEC. Table Turned was Alex de Rijke’s wish, designed and made for him by Barnby and Day Cox using American tulipwood.
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LIMITING FACTOR
The Workshop of dreams unites four of Spain’s most exciting architects and designers, with inspiring talents from diverse cultural fields. Jacob Benbunan, of Saffron Brand Consultants, realised paleoanthropologist, Juan Luis Arsuaga’s dream of a wooden cabin, using American tuliopwood.
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American tulipwood
Commercially American tulipwood is one of the most prolific hardwood species from the U.S. hardwood forests and is unique to North America, having been eliminated in Europe by the last ice age.
Latin Name
Liriodendron tulipifera
Other Common Names
yellow poplar, tulip poplar, canary whitewood; not to be confused with European or Chinese poplar
Forest Distribution
Tulipwood trees grow exclusively in North America and are widely distributed throughout most of the eastern United States in mixed hardwood forests. It is a single species and is not a poplar (Populus) being a Magnoliacae producing wood that is superior to the many poplar species. The trees are huge and identified by their tulip-like flowers giving rise to the name. Tulipwood grows from north to south and is one of the most sustainable hardwoods in the USA.
FOREST GROWTH
FIA data shows U.S. tulipwood growing stock is 1.12 billion m3, 7.7% of total U.S. hardwood growing stock. American tulipwood is growing 34.6 million m3 per year while the harvest is 12.8 million m3 per year. The net volume (after harvest) is increasing 21.8 million m3 each year. U.S. tulipwood growth exceeds harvest in all states.