Learn how Los Angeles–based developer SuperLA aims to make apartment construction more cost-effective using prefabricated mass timber and light-frame wood construction. Plus, four reasons to consider wood decking for your next spring reno project and an upcoming webinar on mass timber building enclosures.
New + Now
SuperLA Reinvents the Beloved Bungalow Court with Mass Timber
This Los Angeles developer believes that affordable apartments don’t have to be “banal white boxes”—and it’s rethinking one of Southern California’s quintessential housing styles with a replicable, prefab mass timber construction model to prove it.
Online Education
Watch: Mass Timber Building Enclosures
Check out “Mass Timber Building Enclosures,” a recent webinar from Architectural Record focusing on considerations for mass timber building enclosure design and case studies of successful projects.
Wood at Home
Why Wood Decks Are Easier to Maintain Than You Think
And three other things you might not have known about the benefits of wood decking.
In the News
Madison’s First Mass Timber Tower Breaks Ground Design firm Angus-Young’s 14-story mixed-use residential building will feature exposed mass timber in each of its 206 units and will create a dynamic walkable community with its 8,400 square feet of retail space.
A Modern Barn Raising Showcases Timber’s Resilience Female timber framer Alicia Spence is leading the effort to restore a barn at the Historic Northampton museum that dates back to the turn of the 19th century—and is showcasing wood’s longevity in the process. Check out this video to get a firsthand look.
