Although initially conceived as a concrete structure, switching to timber as the primary building material proved to have a host of benefits. When San Mateo County set out to build a new office ...

Can mass timber compete in large public venues? Engineers of the Freedom Mobile Arch in British Columbia say it's possible.

Understand the environmental paradox of mass timber and concrete in modern construction and its impact on building design.

Wood, an age-old building material, has left its mark on the history of architecture. Structures like townhouses and ancient cathedrals have seen usage and innovation with wood as a primary material.

A new academic building on the campus of Trinity University, a small liberal arts college in San Antonio, is one of Texas’s first completed cross-laminated timber structures and the first mass timber ...

SEATTLE (KOMO) — University of Washington researchers are in San Diego conducting earthquake tests with the tallest building ever on a shake table. This project is part of a potential push for ...

The Grand Ring, a huge 2 km (1.2 miles) circular wooden walkway, showcases innovative engineering and design. Constructed for the ongoing Osaka 2025 Expo in Japan, it serves as a key feature of the ...

The next crane you see going up over a Seattle city block should be lifting cross-laminated timber panels harvested from ...

Milwaukee: Prepare to enter the record books. Ascent, the second of two mass timber structures in the city, will open its doors to residents on July 15, 2022. But unlike Milwaukee's first mass timber ...

Earn Your Graduate Certificate in Timber Building Design at One of the Best Structural Engineering Schools in the Nation. Sustainable construction is the use of renewable and recyclable materials in ...