Everything about the pines

Benchmark projects

Atelier AJA

Carefully designed lasure finger-jointed pine cladding designed to imitate metal sheets
 

Gites AZCA

B&Bs with silver grey timber overlay and thermally modified wood cladding

 

Parc de Beauval Zoo

Autoclaved pine used in different ways in outdoor wooden structures at the Beauval park zoo

 

Hôtel Biscarosse

Located on the seafront, this hotel has a grand terrace made of autoclave impregnated pine
 

Cantal

This Cantalien house has a warm and modern feel with its interior wood panelling
 

Celles sur Plaine

The heart of pine, with gîtes covered in wood

 

Power plants

Immense structures that use grade 4 impregnated pine wood in unexpected ways!

 

Camping des Chrysalides

Cabins made entirely of pine located right in the middle of a pine forest on a carpet of needles...

 

Corolle Pylon

Glulam pine ascends elegantly into the air, supporting a high-voltage line

 

St Géours School

An original vertical pine cladding, designed to imitate a forest environment

 

Courant Huchet Nature Reserve

100% pine construction housing the offices of the nature reserve

 

Loft Bordeaux

Spaces filled with louvre pine wood in the night area of this loft

 

Marcoussis National Rugby Centre

Large impregnated finger-jointed pine vents to protect the official restaurant of French rugby players

 

François Mauriac school

A school made of pine in Saint-Symphorien

 

Mazorel gym

Sports facilities where French pine is the focal point

 

CFA Mont-de-Marsans

Finger-jointed lasure pine cladding at the Ecole professionnelle des métiers de Mont-de-Marsan (Mont-de-Marsan School of Professional Trades)

 

MINCO

Glulam pine beam windows

 

St Michael's Mound

Grade 4 treated pine strides across the sea at this most popular of French walkways

 

Pôle optique de Bordeaux

A wavy metal optical illusion achieved thanks to well-designed black lasure pine panelling.

 

Pessac homes

These low energy homes feature brown impregnated pine cladding

 

La Piballe restaurant

This seafront restaurant uses impregnated pine for a transparent effect

 

Roquefort

Pine is used in every way possible in this unique structure

 

Sabres Ecomuseum

This museum, dedicated to the Landes forest, features a building envelope made of thermally modified pine

 

Atelier SLC

An original, trellis style structure made of small pine wood boards

 

Theatre

An open-air theatre experiment for an immersive pine wood experience

 

Velux

This market leader in roof windows uses French pine

 

Walygator Rollercoaster

Rollercoasters made of autoclaved pine for a completely reliable structure

 

National Surfing Federation in Hossegor

Pine is used throughout the indoor layout of this French surfing hotspot

 

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Who are we ?

French pine is found throughout France and provides an abundant resource of timber and industrial wood in the immediate vicinity of industry players and end users. This website was created by the APEP, l'Association pour la Promotion des Emplois du Pin (the Association for the Promotion of the Use of Pine), which unites all professionals who use French pine, whether in outdoor structures, construction, interior design, logistics or industry.