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MASS TIMBER | TALL WOOD

How Milwaukee is Becoming a Hub for Wood High-Rises 

We sat down with managing partner Nate Helbach of The Neutral Project to learn more about the firm’s latest mixed-use, tall wood multifamily project—The Edison—expected to reach 32 stories when completed in 2025. 

Get an Exclusive First Look at the Renderings

Wood at Home

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SINGLE-FAMILY HOME | OUTDOOR LIVING

Unique Timber-Built Porch Gives Minnesotan Family Year-Round Outdoor Living

Duluth-based architect David Salmela—known for crafting residences that place a premium on outdoor living—has designed a two-story wooden house overlooking Lake Minnetonka that boasts a second-story sun-filled outdoor living escape. 

See the Cedar Porch

WoodWorks Innovation
Network Spotlight

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The Cooper: Innovative Light-Frame Wood Project Reinvigorates Infill Site

Award-winning architecture firm DIGSAU turned to a novel use of light-frame wood construction and exposed wood cladding to bring a new era to the historic cast-iron façade of a former turn-of-the-century furniture retailer in Wilmington, Delaware, cleverly converting it into a 92-unit multifamily residential project. 

Check it Out on the WoodWorks Innovation Network
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Events

AIA Conference on Architecture 2023

See us at Booth #2137!
June 7-10 | San Francisco

Optimizing Mass Timber Designs for Application & Efficiency

June 13 | Webinar

The Business Case for Mass Timber

June 15 | Webinar

Sustainability in Practice

June 20 | Conference | Boston

In The News

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The Benefits and Challenges of Balloon Framing

by The Journal of Light Construction

The Journal of Light Construction’s latest edition showcases how a short-handed crew built full-height walls on the flat and lifted them into place in this practical how-to article.

SOM to Design a Center Dedicated to Climate Change Solutions Using Mass Timber

by SOM

The global firm is turning to mass timber construction, on-site solar power generation, and other innovative sustainable technologies to design the net zero energy campus located on New York’s Governor’s Island, built in partnership with Stony Brook University.

A 1960s California Ranch House Gets an Overhaul Using Timber

by Dwell

This family home goes from dark and dreary to light and luminous when San Francisco–based Lundberg Design swaps out stucco for redwood as part of an impressive home renovation project.

Online Education

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MULTIFAMILY

Type III Construction for Multifamily: Best Practices and Detailing for Success

Learn how you can increase density and maximize value when you apply some innovative thinking to light-frame wood construction and design. Explore how to get the most out of building codes and boost building heights using podium construction. 

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PRODUCTS + MATERIALS

Mass Timber Shafts and Shaft Wall Solutions for Mass Timber Buildings

With the rapid growth of mass timber construction has come a variety of possible solutions for shaft wall framing. Understand your material and detailing options when it comes to wood-constructed shaft wall solutions within mass timber buildings, as well as for other building types. 

Trending in Timber

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MASS TIMBER | MULTIFAMILY

In Conversation: Renee Funston, Development Manager, Sacramento’s Capitol Area Development Authority (CADA)

Think Wood sat down with Funston to learn more about the evolving role of planning authorities like CADA and how mass timber can play an important part in more affordable, biophilic, eco-friendly housing design for urban centers.

Read the Q&A
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