MILWAUKEE — Mass-timber buildings continue to reach higher and higher in Milwaukee -- the home of the current tallest such builder; the location of construction on what will become the new ...
Buildings made of mass timber – layers of wood bonded together – are gaining popularity as greener and faster alternatives to concrete and steel structures. With new building codes recently updated to ...
This article is part of the Bloomberg Green series Timber Town, which looks at the global rise of timber as a low-carbon building material. The number of people living in urban areas around the world ...
MILWAUKEE - A new building proposal could change Milwaukee's skyline and set a world record. The city announced plans Tuesday for multiple mixed-use buildings that would replace the Marcus Performing ...
SEATTLE — University of Washington researchers are in San Diego conducting earthquake tests with the tallest building ever on a shake table. This project pushes for widespread use of laminated wood in ...
This video examines iconic tall wooden buildings such as Mjøsa Tower, HoHo Wien, Brock Commons Tallwood House, Treet Skyscraper Center, and the Sanctuary of Truth. Learn how mass timber, ...
Can you really build a skyscraper out of wood? Though we typically think of steel, concrete, and glass as the building blocks of a modern city, TALL TIMBER: The Future of Cities in Wood, a new exhibit ...
To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. "We were able to crack the nut on this," Gensler's Chad ...
The design will offer modern, high-quality housing with a maximum inflow of daylight, according to its designers, the Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects (SHL). It will also seek to create an ...
This seven-story office building Hunt Realty is planning just north of downtown Dallas would be built with engineered timbers and wood construction. Hunt Realty When plans were unveiled recently for a ...
There is a prevailing sense among proponents of mass timber that building with wood is inherently good. This enthusiasm is largely premised on a key assumption that if a tree sequesters carbon as it ...
PITTSFIELD — In May 1965, John Sobon, piloting a 60-foot crane, ripped into a North Adams apartment building, bringing a century-old timber frame structure to the ground. In a period marked by postwar ...