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Get the low-down on ZGF’s market differentiation with mass timber, get low-key excited for the growing advantages of building low-rise commercial buildings with wood and learn how to lower your carbon footprint while putting money back in your pocket with carbon offsets.

New + Now

How ZGF Is Carving Out a Market Niche with Mass Timber

From a new airport terminal and Google’s LA office to a biophilic, earthquake-resistant office tower and bespoke cabins for LGBTQIA2S+ youth, this Portland, Oregon-based firm is showing how mass timber savvy can not only help the planet but also boost profits.

Online Education

CEU Credits: Opportunities for Wood in Low-Rise Commercial Buildings

Short on continuing education credits? Get low-key excited for the untapped potential of low-rise commercial wood buildings in this course covering cost implications of construction type, ways to unlock unlimited area under the International Building Code, and implications of multi-tenant occupancies.

Wood and Carbon

Cut Costs on Your Next Project with Carbon Offsets

Money may not grow on trees, but your mass timber building might qualify for incentives. Aureus Earth is a first-of-its-kind organization issuing carbon offsets for buildings built with mass timber. Learn more about how you can take advantage of this latest approach.

In the News

Mass Appeal: Timber’s Mainstream Momentum Hit New Heights This Past Year
Check out a few of last year’s leading mass timber projects in Dezeen's top nine mass timber buildings of 2022 and Archinect’s selection of completed mass timber projects.
Denver’s Tallest Timber Tower to Break Ground in 2023
Construction of the Mile High City’s “Return to Form” multifamily project is set to begin this spring. The building features 32 two-bedroom units, 32 one-bedroom units and 16 studio units. The 12-story project benefits from the $2 million mass timber prize sponsored by the Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) and USDA Forest Service.
Timber-Frame Remodel Turns Farmhouse from Uninhabitable to Unbelievable
To bring a neglected Pennsylvania farmhouse in line with 21st century design, the Wayne, Pennsylvania, architecture firm JTA Associates utilized timber-frame construction to create the open-concept floorplan of the client’s dreams.
Mass Timber Cools Carbon Impacts of Bowdoin College’s Student Hall & Center for Arctic Studies
As part of the Brunswick, Maine, liberal arts college’s commitment to a carbon neutral campus, the two new buildings will feature low-carbon mass timber construction and rely on a sustainable heating and cooling system dubbed an “eco-friendly oversized electric water heater.”
University of Maine unveils world’s first 100% bio-based 3D-printed home
BioHome3D, from the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), was made with bio-based materials such as wood flour mixed with a binder made from corn. The 600-square-foot prototype was 3D printed using an industrial polymer printer and highly insulated with 100% wood insulation.
Is London’s Tallest Mass Timber Office Also Its Most Sustainable?

The Black & White Building, London’s tallest mass-timber office and the first new-build project from workspace specialist The Office Group, features a building frame made entirely from timber, with only the foundation made in concrete. Fully demountable and recyclable timber louvers change in depth as they ascend the structure, passively protecting it from solar radiation.