This month’s issue takes you on a tour of Clemson University’s award-winning rec center, green innovations in multifamily, and deck safety in time for summer.
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Clemson University’s ‘Finest Front Porch’
Academic institutions are ushering in a new class of energy-efficient, mass timber structures, combined with active design concepts that help students learn to make healthy choices and cope with stress. For South Carolina’s Clemson University, the Andy Quattlebaum Outdoor Education Center serves exactly this purpose while also creating a social destination and recruitment tool.
Building green is a proven way to improve operations and attract eco-minded residents for multifamily housing. This on-demand webinar from Multi-Housing News and Think Wood highlights key trends in design, construction, and building codes for sustainable multifamily housing. Emerging tools, techniques, and materials are providing new opportunities.
May is Deck Safety Month, and creating a safe and inviting outdoor space for your clients means understanding the latest in deck construction requirements. In this Q+A, the design standards experts at the American Wood Council answer contractors’ pressing questions on 2021 code updates, inspection guidelines, and safety recommendations.
Titled "American Framing", the U.S. Pavilion curated by Paul Andersen and Paul Preissner at the 17th international Venice Biennale, will explore the creative power of wood-framed construction in American architecture.
Yazdani Studio Previews Sustainability Research Hub at Caltech Yazdani Studio, the experimental arm of CannonDesign, has shared a first look at renderings and details of the mass timber grid shell of its in-progress Resnick Sustainability Resource Center, an environmental research hub at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
‘Why can’t you get me more product? Why don’t you just build another sawmill?’ An in-depth look at the lumber supply chain with Maine’s family owned Robbins Lumber.
Vancouver’s new Action Plan requires all new buildings in the city to achieve a 40 percent reduction in embodied carbon from 2018 levels by 2030. Sidewalk Labs breaks down how builders are achieving impressive reductions in Global Warming Potential.
The seven-unit urban infill project will be constructed with large scale prefabricated cross laminated timber (CLT) panels. This partnership between Green Canopy, ROC Modular, and Grocapitus notably impacts the townhome and infill market, not previously served by mass timber or modular construction.
Why Forests are a Critical Climate Solution Forests primarily managed for timber production also have a crucial role to play in limiting the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. In addition to the CO2-removal powers of growing trees, the wood products manufactured from timber continue to bank carbon for decades.
T3 FAT (Food, Art, and Technology) Village will sprout up within Urban Street’s 835,000-square-foot FAT Village, a mixed-use project that will span four blocks and take on the distinction of being the creative centerpiece of Fort Lauderdale’s reimagined arts district.
View the Architect’s Newspaper updated annual map of schools, organizations, and manufacturers leading the way in mass timber research and development.
In Case You Missed It
Unpacking Carbon Benefits with Alan Organschi
In this quick video, WealthManagement Real Estate breaks down the carbon benefits of timber construction with Alan Organschi, principal of Gray Organschi Architecture and director of the Building Lab at the Yale University School of Architecture.
