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 ...

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 ...

This project explores timber structural systems designed for reuse, focusing on parametric modeling and computational evaluation and initial exploration into physical prototyping or fabrication.

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

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 ...

Contrary to its name, the Stone Age wasn’t just about stone. The epoch also known as the Neolithic Period also ushered in some of the first structures ever created from wood. The scientific study of ...

As far as taller timber structures go, Chicago has been slow to follow the lead of other cities, such as Minneapolis, Atlanta and Milwaukee. But that may be changing. In early 2023, developer Sterling ...

SACRAMENTO -- California building codes were updated in July to allow for the construction of mass timber buildings up to 18 stories tall. But what is mass timber, also known as cross laminated timber ...

Timber, when used appropriately, can be considered as one of the most sustainable building materials within the construction industry. It can be used to maximise a project’s sustainability credentials ...

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