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 ...
Earlier this fall, I wrote up a forthcoming Toronto condominium block to be fashioned chiefly from the high-performance forest product known as cross-laminated timber (CLT). This material, I ...
If it is sustainably sourced and sensibly used, timber is one of the most environmentally friendly construction materials currently available, writes Fran Williams Wood can substantially reduce ...
Waugh Thistleton's Watts Grove project raises some questions and they deliver some answers. TreeHugger loves wood construction. We have to reduce the embodied energy of our buildings and building with ...
Portland, one of the leading cities for sustainability initiatives in the U.S., is now home to the nation’s tallest mass timber and cross-laminated timber (CLT) building. Designed by local design ...