Architecture Workshops, Events & Resources For Faculty
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Teaching the next generation of architects, engineers, and construction managers? Want to make sure they are equipped to design the sustainable structures of the future? Think Wood supports AEC faculty with workshops, resources, and funding opportunities to bring wood innovation into the classroom. Drop by regularly to catch fresh career development opportunities and teaching tools.
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Workshop | Mass Timber Design-Build WorkshopInterdisciplinary Mass Timber Workshop at Oregon State University Explores Practical Design-Build Strategies
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Workshop | Timber Engineering EducationCal Poly Pomona Timber Education Workshop Inspires Faculty to Create Wood-Focused Coursework
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Workshop | Advancing Faculty Skills in Mass Timber ConstructionAdvancing Faculty Skills in Mass Timber Construction Workshop Provides Hands-on Experience to Expand Curriculum
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Workshop | 2024 Timber Architecture Design Faculty Development WorkshopTimber Architecture Design Workshop Equips Faculty to Teach Mass Timber Design
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Timber Engineering Education
In the final SLB-sponsored mass timber workshop of 2024, 20 faculty members from 18 universities across the country gathered at Cal Poly Pomona for a two-day workshop designed to support the development of wood-focused curricula, provide hands-on experience with light-frame wood and mass timber systems, and inspire further integration of wood education into engineering programs. The workshop brought together experts from both practice and academia, with Mikhail Gershfeld, Professor of Practice in the Civil Engineering Department at Cal Poly Pomona, serving as the primary instructor. Judith Sheine, Director of Design at the TallWood Design Institute and Department Chair of Architecture…- Engineering
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2025 Timber Design Faculty Development Workshop
From June 9-11, 2025, Clemson University will host a dynamic two-and-a-half-day, hands-on Timber Design Faculty Development Workshop focused on helping tenure-track engineering faculty from accredited U.S. programs incorporate wood design into their curricula. In partnership with Think Wood and the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, the workshop will guide faculty through the essentials of teaching students how to design with wood structural systems, from the National Design Specification and light-frame wood principles to introducing mass timber topics, course development, sample assignments, and collaborative dialogue with peers from across the U.S. Through technical presentations, tours of Clemson’s cutting-edge mass timber…- Engineering
2025 Timber Architecture Design Faculty Development Workshop
Tenure-track faculty at accredited architecture programs in the United States are invited to explore the potential of mass timber in architectural education through an intensive, fully funded workshop. From May 28-30, 2025, Auburn University’s Mass Timber Collaborative will host an immersive three-day Timber Architecture Design Faculty Development Workshop in collaboration with Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects and Rural Studio. Sponsored by Think Wood and the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, the workshop will balance practice and academia to provide architecture faculty with a holistic understanding of mass timber construction—including its life-cycle components, design flexibility, engineering innovations, and its potential to…- Architecture
Advancing Faculty Skills in Mass Timber Construction
In June 2024, faculty from Michigan State University, as well as industry experts in timber design, manufacturing, and construction, led the Advancing Faculty Skills in Mass Timber Workshop at Michigan State University. The 3-day workshop, a first for construction management faculty, provided in-depth explorations of mass timber at every project phase, from pre-construction to project execution, leaving faculty with new knowledge and skills to build out comprehensive curriculum plans for their construction management coursework. Contact us at education@thinkwood.com if you’d like to be notified about future workshop opportunities.- Construction Management
2024 Timber Architecture Design Faculty Development Workshop
In June 2024, Auburn University hosted an immersive Timber Architecture Design Workshop, led by Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects. Bringing together 21 architecture faculty members from institutions across the country, the three-day workshop provided a comprehensive exploration of mass timber—its structural properties, sustainability benefits, and potential to transform architectural education. Through hands-on experiences, expert-led discussions, and site visits to KPNC’s Environmental Education Building, the Kendeda Building for Innovative and Sustainable Design, T3 West Midtown, and Ponce City Market, faculty participants deepened their understanding of the full lifecycle of mass timber. The objectives of the workshop were to provide faculty in architecture…- Architecture
Mass Timber Design-Build Workshop
The TallWood Design Institute (TDI)—a collaboration between Oregon State University and the University of Oregon—hosted the Winter 2024 Mass Timber Design-Build Workshop that provided tenure-track architecture and engineering faculty with opportunities to further their research, teaching, and creative practices in the area of mass timber design. Led by faculty from the University of Oregon, Oregon State University, and Cal Poly Pomona—as well as timber design, fabrication, and construction experts—the three-day workshop engaged 14 faculty members from around the country in hands-on mass timber design and construction. Topics explored included digital modeling, CNC fabrication, and the full assembly of a CLT…- Architecture
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BuildFest 2: Peace Rises
This fall, Build Fest 2: Peace Rises will transform the historic grounds of the 1969 Woodstock festival into an open-air showcase of wood innovation and collaborative design. As part of the 2025 Bethel Woods Art & Architecture Festival, 10 faculty-led student teams from across the U.S. will construct interactive wood installations over five days—living, working, and building on the very site where music and counterculture once reshaped a generation. Selected through a national call, the projects range from a robotically fabricated timber cabin designed by a student team from Princeton to a reconfigurable monolith designed by a team from Cornell.…- Architecture
AIAS Midwest Quad Conference – ARCH+
Architecture students: Register now to experience mass timber innovation at ARCH+, the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Midwest Quad Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. Brought to you by Think Wood and co-hosted by the University of Kansas, Kansas State University, and Drury University, this year’s conference offers hands-on opportunities to explore the future of sustainable design. Join a mass timber design charette, experience the “Managing Mass Timber: Forest-to-Future” exhibit showcasing every step of mass timber—from sustainable forest management to prefabricated construction—and see how it stacks up against traditional building materials. Grow your knowledge, fuel your creativity, and discover how…- Architecture
AIAS Northeast Quad Conference – RESURGE
Register now and join Think Wood’s education team at RESURGE this October to connect with the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) chapters and peers from across the Northeast at the University at Buffalo’s Northeast Quad Conference! RESURGE celebrates Buffalo’s transformation—turning its rich industrial heritage and urban challenges into a future of innovation, renewal, and architectural excellence. The city’s rich design culture—home to landmark works by Louis Sullivan, Henry Hobson Richardson, Frank Lloyd Wright, and others—will be explored through guided tours of Buffalo’s iconic buildings, including the Darwin Martin House, Greatbatch Pavilion, Coles House, Lafayette Hotel, Assembly House, Guaranty Building,…- Architecture
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Buildfest 2024
BuildFest 2024—part of the Bethel Woods Art & Architecture Festival, an annual event promoting sustainability and community engagement with students and educators—challenged participants to explore the evolving relationship between digital and analog fabrication. It was also an opportunity for architecture students to gain hands-on experience designing and building with common materials. Teams from 17 leading architecture programs submitted proposals for this one-of-a-kind event, and seven were chosen to create interactive, wood-centric installations on the iconic grounds of the 1969 Woodstock festival. Participating teams gathered at Bethel Woods for several days to construct and showcase their installations to the public in…- Architecture
Managing Mass Timber: From Forest to Future
“Managing Mass Timber: From Forest to Future” is a traveling exhibit showcasing the benefits of mass timber to students and faculty at leading engineering, architecture, and construction management schools across the Northeast and Great Lakes regions. During the fall of 2024, the exhibit traveled to Kent State University; Syracuse University; the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Region 3 Conference in Chicago; Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh; the AIAS Northeast Quad Conference; and the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) Annual Conference in Baltimore.- Construction Management
Mass Timber VR Experience
Would you like your students to experience a mass timber building, but don’t have one nearby to tour? Now you can tour one from your own classroom. Think Wood has developed an immersive new way to introduce students to the world of mass timber: Using Meta Quest VR headsets, this virtual reality experience gives students the ability to explore mass timber fabrication and construction processes in an interactive digital environment. The experience begins in an immersive digital central lobby—modeled after a real mass timber building—that users can move through to see the exposed mass timber elements and how they fit…- Architecture
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