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 ...

A move towards a built environment that centers sustainability and embodied carbon is driving innovation within mass and hybrid timber construction. In this piece, Buro Happold considers the power and ...

The five-story building at 1265 Borregas Ave. is made almost exclusively of mass timber. Designed by Michael Green Architecture, the structure took 14 weeks to assemble after the foundation was poured ...

Rapid-response roof truss package gets historic pub operational within weeks.

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Timber structures have gained significant prominence in contemporary construction due to their sustainability, aesthetic appeal and favourable carbon profile. Nevertheless, the inherent combustibility ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Mass timber, an increasingly popular construction system ...

The Downtown Connection Center features large overhangs that offer shade in the summer and protect the exterior mass timber from the elements. Transit riders in Flagstaff, Ariz., looking for a central ...

US architecture studio Lever Architecture has renovated a former 1980s warehouse in Los Angeles, placing a new ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A four-story brick building facade from 1877 — now sandwiched between two layers of modernist ...

In terms of construction culture, Switzerland can appear a paradoxical place. On the one hand, it has some of the strictest codes anywhere with respect to building performance and energy expenditure, ...

“Chunky” is not typically considered a desirable quality for a building. Nevertheless, Shelley McNamara, cofounder with Yvonne Farrell of Dublin-based Grafton Architects, uses the term with clear ...