Mass Timber + Wood Construction News
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Something new is old agrain.
Wood has been around for a millenia, but it’s still young at heart. It’s making headlines, and for good reason. Wood is transforming the design and construction landscape, inspiring remarkable creations, and changing the way we think about this time-tested building material. Consider this your source for wood wisdom and all things timber, including news updates, CEUs, project profiles, and more.
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STUDIO SPOTLIGHT
How ZGF Is Carving Out a Market Niche with Mass Timber
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How Prefab Wood Can Make Multifamily Housing More Affordable
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In the news.
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Is London’s Tallest Mass Timber Office Also Its Most Sustainable?
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Mass Appeal: Timber’s Mainstream Momentum Hit New Heights This Past Year
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Denver’s Tallest Timber Tower to Break Ground in 2023
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Mass Timber Cools Carbon Impacts of Bowdoin College’s Student Hall & Center for Arctic Studies
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A Readily Constructable Carbon-Absorbing Tower Unveiled at United Nations Climate Change Conference
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Arup Announces International Dataset of Whole Life Carbon Emissions
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A Builder’s Guide to Carbon-Neutral Building Practices
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Special Issue of The Architect’s Newspaper Highlights Mass Timber Innovation
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Q&A: Colorado Builder Banks on Climate-Smart, Carbon-Neutral Home Construction
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Portland-Based Developer Tackles Equity and Wealth-Building with Mass Timber
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Mass Timber Construction in 2022: From Fringe To Mainstream
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Ten Stunning Home Designs Showcasing the Warmth and Beauty of Wood
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LA-Based Project Maximizes Density with Light-frame Wood and Podium Design
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Ancient Himalayan Building Techniques Show the Resilience of Wood Construction
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Texas Tech Students Fabricate an Undulating Wood Structure at Former Woodstock Site
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Robotically Fabricated Timber Structure Offers New Possibilities for Low Carbon Design
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Chicago to Get Tallest Timber Tower Since Before the “Great Fire” of 1871
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NBC News Asks: “Is Wood the New Revolution in the Construction Industry?”
Projects in Development
Inspiration.
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Timber-Frame Remodel Turns Farmhouse from Uninhabitable to Unbelievable
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University of Maine unveils world’s first 100% bio-based 3D-printed home
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Mid-Century Meets Mass Timber in LA’s First CLT-built Multifamily Project
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Five-Story Mass Timber Retail & Office Building Breaks Ground in Seattle
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Pavilion Explores Potential Benefits of Scaling Up Timber Architecture
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Mass Timber a Natural Choice for Net-Zero New York Nature Center
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Explore the UN’s Newly Completed Eco-Friendly Office Complex Built with Mass Timber
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Six-Story Richmond, Virginia Office Tower to Feature Mass Timber
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New York Firm NO ARCHITECTURE Explores Residential Applications of Mass Timber
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Is Mass Timber the American South’s Best Kept Secret?
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Distinctive Winged Timber Roof Adds Warmth to a Starkly Modern Lake House
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Japanese Architect Kengo Kuma Unveils Luxe-Miami Tower
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New York City’s First Mass Timber Condos Are Now for Sale
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The Newest High Rise Near You Just Might be Made of Wood
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A CLT and Passive House Case Study
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Tall Mass Timber Goes Cradle-to-Cradle
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Centennial College’s Mass Timber Expansion Embraces Indigenous Narratives
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City of Tempe Topping Out Arizona’s First Building to Use CLT
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From the archive.
FACT SHEET
How Will Demand for Mass Timber Impact Forests?
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Getting to Zero in Affordable Housing
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Advances in Wood Construction and Sustainability: Reimagining the Future of the Built Environment
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Best of 2021 Look Book
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Designing and Building for High Density
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Gensler: A Better World Through Design
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How LCAs and EPDs are Driving Decarbonization in the Built Environment
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Perkins&Will: Challenging Conventional Design
WEBINAR
How Sustainable Is Wood?
JOURNAL
Mass Timber Digest Vol. 1
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Prefab Construction & Emerging Development Solutions
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Modular Multi-Family Designs are Turning Heads
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Fast+Epp: Challenging Conventional Desgin
Manual
2021 Mass Timber Design Manual
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Boost Efficiency, Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: Green Innovations in Multifamily
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Biophilic Design LookBook
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Understanding the Role of Embodied Carbon in Climate Smart Buildings
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5 Hybrid Projects that Deliver Form and Function
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Designing for Density: Redesigning the Built Environment for More People
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Timber Trends 2021
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Catalyst Construction: Timber Trailblazers Behind Ascent
Studio Spotlight
Patkau Architects: Finding Potential in Circumstance
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Sustainability, Wellness and the Multifamily Resident
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The Business Case for Wood Construction
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The New Carbon
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Think Wood LookBook
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Timber’s Prefab Advantage
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Timber Trends: 7 to Watch for 2020
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Behind the Scenes at Hampshire College's R.W. Kern Center
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Elevating Design Through Wood
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How to Design Commercially Viable Mass Timber Buildings
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So You Want to Build with Wood
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The Case for Designing with Nail-Laminated Timber
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The Science Behind Dowel-Laminated Timber
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Timber + Concrete Hybrid Structural Systems
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Wood: Transforming Workplace Health & Wellness
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Wood: Multifamily Density with Tenant-Winning Styling
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Putting Wood on a Pedestal: The Rise of Mid-Rise Podium Design
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Bringing the Outdoors Inside: The Benefits of Biophilia in Architecture and Interior Spaces
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100 UK CLT Projects