Building More Affordable, Livable Cities with Wood
From hybrid light-frame and CLT multi-dwelling modules to a proposed design for the tallest dowel-laminated timber residential structure in North America, we talk smart city building with Ted Panton, experienced mass timber veteran and principal at Seattle-based GGLO.
A Rural Timber Retreat That’s Innovative at its Core
Nestled between a lush forest and an open field in upstate New York, this contemporary cedar-clad home, with a tasteful abundance of wood, showcases a custom-engineered light-frame and plywood “core” system that is both structurally innovative and ingeniously functional.
WoodWorks Innovation Network Spotlight
Banking on a Biophilic, Eco-Friendly Wood Design
In Bozeman, Montana, this First Security Bank stands out as a welcoming, unstuffy eco-friendly financial institution showcasing the versatility and beauty of engineered wood.
HGA’s two new mass timber buildings on the campus—Barry Mills Hall and the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies—both opened their doors this semester. And choosing a mass timber structure over steel reduced the embodied carbon by 75%.
Framed with lumber instead of prefabricated aluminum, this cost-saving covered outdoor space—clad with painted rough-sawn spruce and featuring a tongue-and-groove pine ceiling—blends seamlessly with the existing house.
Metropolis Magazine explores new advancements in understanding carbon and sustainable design, how architects are finding alternatives to conventional building materials, and how design industry leaders are pushing for new ways of thinking on embodied carbon.
The identification of naturally renewable resources is a critical factor in determining a sustainable supply chain for the construction industry. But what is the role of architecture in the equation? This lecture by Nader Tehrani, principal of NADAAA, focuses on the role of wood to contribute to both cultural and ecological goals.
General contractors play a key role in meeting the growing demand for mass timber buildings. This course provides GCs with an overview of mass timber estimation and bidding processes and discusses how they can overcome value misconceptions to achieve success.
Whether they used light-frame wood construction, mass timber, or a combination of the two, our top performing project profiles of 2023 showcase the best of the design and construction community’s creativity, design excellence, and commitment to sustainability through the use of natural, renewable building materials.
Midwest Mass Timber Meets Nordic Tradition in Snøhetta’s Norwegian-American Museum Addition
The Oslo- and New York-based design firm taps its Nordic roots in its mass timber and light-frame addition to the Decorah, Iowa-based Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School.
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