Footage shows a 120-foot tall mass timber building withstanding two earthquake simulations in a span of five minutes Tuesday morning. “In the moment, a little scary.

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.

The advent of mass timber and tall wood buildings has brought timber design back into the forefront of structural engineering and architecture. ... Emphasis will be on civil and environmental ...

A 10-story building constructed from mass timber stands on a shake table in San Diego where it will be tested to see if it can withstand significant seismic activity.

Troth suggested building the home using timber from the Gahanna house combined with structural insulated panels, highly efficient 6- and 8-inch foam sheets backed on both sides with wood fiberboard.

Merkley, a Democrat, proposed the “Mass Timber Federal Buildings Act,” S. 4149, to favor the use of “mass timber” in construction of federal buildings, including on military installations.

"However, timber has long established itself as a construction material for buildings of medium height and is attractive due to its good price-performance ratio, sustainability, and safety." The ...

World-leading fire safety expert José Torero has told Dezeen he is "extremely concerned" about mass-timber buildings being constructed around the world.

“We have opened up a timber innovation centre to open up the timber market for the sector and skill carpenters in construction timber value addition,” Simon Bosch, a wood engineer and ...

Danish architecture studio Henning Larsen has revealed plans for a mass-timber logistics hub on Flevopolder island, the Netherlands, that will be the largest of its kind in the world. Designed by ...

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has designated the 284-ft-tall Ascent in Milwaukee as the world’s tallest timber and concrete hybrid structure.

Vancouver city council approved a motion on Feb. 27 to allow for increases to the allowable height of mass timber buildings, following an announcement by the B.C. government to do the same.