An emerging technology in lumber could have implications for the forestry industry. Mass timber is a process of strengthening ...

Earn Your Graduate Certificate in Timber Building Design at One of the Best Structural Engineering Schools in the Nation. Sustainable construction is the use of renewable and recyclable materials in ...

What’s old is new again—especially in the building industry. In 2017, Leers Weinzapfel Associates constructed a building completely out of timber at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Lauded for ...

The 2022 Mass Timber Competition: Building to Net-Zero is a design competition to expand the use of mass timber in the United States by demonstrating its versatility across building types and its ...

In this episode of Cabin in the Woods, we build a small timber frame porch over the front walk door, and once completed have ...

In 2023, mass timber used for construction globally was, by one estimate, valued at $1 billion. Cross-laminated timber (CLT) captured 47 percent of that market, and 51 percent of the mass timber ...

A new kind of construction with a not-so-new material is taking off in the U.S. Mass timber can replace steel and concrete in large buildings and proponents say it’s greener and faster to build with.

Although initially conceived as a concrete structure, switching to timber as the primary building material proved to have a host of benefits. When San Mateo County set out to build a new office ...

An ambitious new timber tower in Toronto, Canada, is due to begin construction soon. Thanks to its innovative prefabricated wooden design, the residential building named 230 Royal York is expected to ...

Robinhold is executive director of the Port of Portland, which is a member of the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition. He lives in Portland. A building revolution is underway in Oregon. Mass timber is ...

The influential Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has officially declared Norway's Mjøstårnet as the new world's tallest timber building. The mixed-use building reaches a total ...