Timber is becoming increasingly popular as the most sustainable construction material. But structural timber design is not easy. Currently, floor framing designers produce many possible designs before ...

The 2022 Mass Timber Competition: Building to Net-Zero is a design competition to expand the use of mass timber in the United States by demonstrating its versatility across building types and its ...

Mass timber construction, which uses various forms of wood products including glue-laminated columns and beams and cross laminated (CLT) panels instead of more traditional steel and concrete materials ...

Modern mass timber buildings are designed and constructed for style and performance. Built of engineered wood products, these projects allow industry professionals to diversify the use of wood ...

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 ...

The Longhouse, a prototype 'mass timber' building designed by students, demonstrates that even huge buildings can be built primarily with wood. The construction and operation of all kinds of buildings ...

Harvard University’s first hybrid mass timber and low-carbon concrete conference center is a bold commitment to ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- The unique design of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's new Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation allows inhabitants to see work being done in its lab ...

The inspiration to build the world’s tallest mass timber building in Milwaukee was an eye-catching design 90 miles to the south, along the Chicago River. “It seemed fantastical and futuristic and it ...

Mass timber, an engineered wood product known for its strength and versatility, has emerged as a formidable alternative to traditional construction materials like concrete and steel. As concerns about ...