Things Aren’t Always What They Seem: Wood Wool Walls

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

181

Date Released

1976

Length of issue (in feet)

521

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Things Aren’t Always What They Seem: Wood Wool Walls
2. 2Things Aren’t Always What They Seem: Virus Disguise
3. 3Things Aren’t Always What They Seem: Radar Map Matching

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: In science, as in every-day life, things aren’t always quite what they seem... A new way of building: slabs based on wood shavings are clipped together into a type of hollow wall that serves as an ideal shuttering into which concrete can be poured. Only this shuttering is not quite what it seems at first. It doesn’t have to be removed because it is also a perfect insulating addition to the wall.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Science and technology; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 52 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/181

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

Peter Day

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Film Archive

Name

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