Although initially conceived as a concrete structure, switching to timber as the primary building material proved to have a host of benefits. When San Mateo County set out to build a new office ...

Mass timber is a materials and design approach that holds immense potential to transform the future of the commercial building industry and the environment. The term pertains to the utilization of ...

Timber engineering has experienced significant evolution alongside the rising prominence of mass timber constructions worldwide. A key innovation in this evolution is the development of glued-in rod ...

The developer of Baltimore’s first commercial mass timber office building downtown has revealed a modified design to optimize its construction plan and achieve cost savings in a challenging pandemic ...

Timber, when used appropriately, can be considered as one of the most sustainable building materials within the construction industry. It can be used to maximise a project’s sustainability credentials ...

Contrary to its name, the Stone Age wasn’t just about stone. The epoch also known as the Neolithic Period also ushered in some of the first structures ever created from wood. The scientific study of ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. A new take on an old building material is gaining momentum ...

A year after the company that built it filed for bankruptcy protection, an engineered wood facility in Conway is seeing increases in both orders and production. "We've been running very steadily on a ...

The future of architecture lies in antiquity. I don’t mean that we’re headed for another round of neoclassical nostalgia but instead that it’s time to embrace a practice so basic and immemorial that ...

A Swedish development company has revealed its plan to build a city made entirely out of wood. "Sweden is progressive when it comes to wood construction," Annica Anäs, the CEO of Atrium Ljungberg, ...