Construction began last month in Milwaukee on the 25-story Ascent, which will have a hybrid timber-and-concrete frame. The design team for Ascent—a 284-ft-tall apartment building just getting under ...
The recent push for larger and taller wood structures may seem like an architectural fad—plenty of hype, but only a few dozen completed projects globally. Concrete and steel still rule the world of ...
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 ...
High-profile studio the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has revealed plans for an ambitious new timber college building that will combine cutting-edge engineered wood with traditional Japanese joinery ...
Learn how to plan, route, and install hydronic radiant systems in timber-frame structures to deliver quiet, efficient, and visually unobtrusive heating solutions.
The five-story building at 1265 Borregas Ave. is made almost exclusively of mass timber. Designed by Michael Green Architecture, the structure took 14 weeks to assemble after the foundation was poured ...
The street-facing side of 80 Atlantic features variegated windows. but that gives way to a glass curtain wall to reveal the internal timber structure. (Doublespace Photography) Part of a larger ...
A new kind of construction with a not-so-new material is taking off in the U.S. Mass timber can replace steel and concrete in large buildings and proponents say it's greener and faster to build with.