From 100-foot roof spans to novel reclaimed wood installations, the winners of the 2013 National Wood Design Awards push the envelope in wood design. WoodWorks, an initiative of the Wood Products ...
A yellow crane hovers above a building site in Sickla, a former industrial neighbourhood that’s home to one of Stockholm’s biggest real estate projects. But instead of delivering concrete, it’s ...
When the first skyscraper was built in Chicago in 1885 — a modest ten storeys — people were afraid to walk under the steel-framed building, fearing it would collapse. Today, as towers made of wood go ...
Residents of Milwaukee may have noticed a recent surge in mass timber construction projects, and with it, a prevailing narrative around the unmatched sustainability of wood when compared to other ...
St. Louis' turn-of-the-century brick buildings are full of massive beams from old-growth forests. Kyle Howerton, a principal with St. Louis-based developer AHM Group, is working on a new high rise ...
Snøhetta’s Norwegian-inspired, multiuse Vesterheim Commons, a mass timber building at Bowdoin College, and a new Google office complete with a four-story atrium are among the winners of the annual ...
Typically, when you want to build a high rise, you need iron, steel, cement, concrete; materials that are super strong and durable but also come with a high carbon footprint. Now, some builders are ...
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A building supplier phoned Pollard Lumber Co. about providing wood for a large government construction project in Georgia, but the deal broke down over a single question about how ...
University of Helsinki launches a new research project focusing on consumer needs and development of innovative business networks. University of Helsinki has started a three-year research project in ...
In the world of design and construction, few companies manage to seamlessly blend artistry and precision the way Loren Wood Builders does. This design-build firm specializes in custom construction and ...
Millard Dority came out of retirement to prove a point. He wanted to show that Maine is an obvious location for producing a new type of composite wood building material rather than importing it.