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.

“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 ...

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 ...

In a remarkable 240-page report simply entitled Tall Wood, architect Michael Green makes the case for wood as the ideal building material for skyscrapers and their structures.Green argues that it ...

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.

"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.

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.

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.

That could change with the Leaside Innovation Centre (LIC), a six-story flatiron office building proposed for Toronto that will employ engineered wood elements throughout including cross-laminated ...

Blackbutt timber linings and details were used in the refurbishment of the University of Western Sydney’s climate change and energy research centre because of its longevity, durability and minimal ...