Photo credit: Kendall McCaugherty © Hall+Merrick
For its latest Chicago-based flagship restaurant, the three-quarters-of-a-century old fast-food chain is shaking off its once plastic-clad bright colored interiors for an exposed wood and timber design, along with more sustainable, naturally hued materials
Read MoreAutodesk’s Portland-based office, a 60,000 square foot historic post and beam timber building inspired by the company’s mission “Make Anything”, showcases local artists and craftsmanship throughout its wood-clad interior, giving employees a workplace truly reflective of this culturally rich, sometimes quirky, city once coined Stumptown.
Read MoreSustainably sourced wood and CLT not only added aesthetic warmth to this project, it also plays a role in reducing environmental impacts.
Read MoreAlliance Center | Gensler | Photography: David Lauer
This question became a driver for Gensler’s biophilic design concept for a high-performance building renovation of the Alliance Center for Sustainable Colorado in Denver’s Lower Downtown.
Read MoreArchitect: AMLGM | Photo: Sierra Institute for Community and Environment
California’s first full CLT structure houses Plumas County’s biomass heating system.
Read MorePhoto Credit: StructureCraft Builders
StructureCraft’s 50,000 square foot facility showcases new levels of engineering efficiency for industrial buildings, combining a variety of mass timber and engineered wood products, including Dowel-laminated timber (DLT), laminated strand lumber (LSL), Nail-laminated timber (NLT), and glulam.
Read MorePhoto Credit: Martin Tessler
The University of British Columbia’s Earth Sciences Building is one of North America’s largest panelized wood structure and home to its Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmosphere, the Department of Statistics, the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences and the Pacific Museum of the Earth. It features a free-floating cantilevered solid timber staircase, one of the first of its kind in the world.
Read MoreKiln | Architect: GBD Architects | Photo Credit: Pete Eckbert
Kiln Apartments is a five-story wood-frame building with 19 residential units and ground-floor retail space. At the time of construction, Kiln Apartments was the first (and largest) new market-rate apartment building in the United States to achieve Passive House certification.
Read More