Construction materials alone, including carbon and steel, contribute 11% of global carbon emissions (by comparison, air travel contributes about 2.5%). That’s why architects and development companies ...
What if we could build high-quality buildings without relying on traditional materials like concrete and drywall? Better yet, what if these buildings are built with sustainable materials, with ...
Seattle District, JBLM Army Garrison, and 1st Special Forces Group leadership joined to celebrate the Department of War’s largest-to-date construction project using mass timber. When complete, the ...
Companies like Crow Holdings, Toyota, Microsoft, and Walmart are embracing the natural material for productivity gains, ...
With one ceremonial shovel swing during a Dec. 12, 2025, groundbreaking ceremony, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is ...
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 ...
With increasing frequency, design teams are turning to mass timber for its environmental attributes and natural warmth, as well as to speed construction. Sometimes, however, a hybrid structural ...
Last summer, the developer oWow, which specializes in mass timber projects, for the second time revised its plans for an apartment building in downtown Oakland, Calif., that, if completed, would be ...
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 ...
OREGON CITY, OREGON / ACCESS Newswire / October 29, 2025 / The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) and the USDA Forest Service (USDA) announced the winners of the 2025 Mass Timber Competition: Building ...
A new analysis could help architects and builders reduce the carbon footprint of truss structures, the crisscrossing struts that bolster bridges, towers, and buildings. Buildings are a big contributor ...