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- Mass Timber as a Climate Solution: A New PerspectiveA study published in Nature Communications by researchers at the Yale School of the Environment highlights the climate benefits of replacing traditional building materials…
- Mass Timber Headquarters in Toronto Combines Sustainability and Workplace WellbeingMoriyama Teshima Architects have completed the new headquarters and multi-tenant complex for the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO). The 127,000-square-foot, three-storey building demonstrates…
- Atlassian Central Tower Sets New Benchmark For Hybrid Mass Timber SkyscrapersThe Atlassian Central Tower in Sydney is set to become the world’s tallest hybrid timber tower. The building will rise 180 metres across 39…
- Modular Mass Timber System Targets Canada’s Housing ShortageArchitecture and design firm Perkins&Will has developed a prefabricated modular mass timber system intended to accelerate housing construction in Canada. Created with industry and…
- A net-zero mass-timber buildingDesigned by Generate Architecture and Technologies, a start-up company out of MIT and Harvard University, and design and construction company Placetailor, a five-storey building…
- Valckensteyn Demonstrates the Potential of Mass Timber for Affordable HousingPowerhouse Company has completed Valckensteyn, Rotterdam's first mass timber residential building. The project delivers 82 affordable rental homes in the Pendrecht district. Commissioned by…
- Mass Timber Roof Marks Sustainability Milestone for Vancouver AmphitheatreRevery Architecture has designed the new PNE Amphitheatre / Freedom Mobile Arch in Vancouver, Canada. This open-air venue will welcome up to 10,000 visitors…
- Mass Timber Museum Connects Indigenous Art, Landscape And MaterialitySPECTACLE Bureau for Architecture and Urbanism has presented its design for the Museum of Aboriginal Peoples’ Art and Artifacts (MOAPAA). The museum will stand…
- The world’s largest mass timber airport made of local woodArchitectural company ZGF Architects designed the expanded main terminal of Portland International Airport (PDX) in the US, made of mass timber. ZGF Architects started…
- A mass timber community campus with a turfed roofInternational architectural studio Henning Larsen designed a new community campus for the University of the Faroe Islands, made of mass timber, green facades and…
- Modular mass-timber system for building schoolsThe collective Circlewood, which consists of various companies including architectural firm OMA, developed a prefabricated, mass timber ‘plug and play’ system to build nine…
- A mass timber canopy with 3D printed colourful lightsA group of architecture students from the Canadian University of Calgary completed a 70 feet long mass-timber canopy that includes interactive 3D printed colourful…
- Dennis Hauer – Scaling up mass-timber through innovationDennis Hauer is architect director at the Dutch firm Urban Climate Architects, a progressive and innovative architectural firm with offices in Delft and Groningen.…
- Tomorrow’s Timber shows the way towards the next building revolutionTimber has evolved from a traditional building material to ‘mass timber’, an engineered high- performance product from which complete construction systems and even high-rise…
- What Are the Limits of Timber Construction?Researchers at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands have investigated both the possibilities and limitations of using biobased materials in construction. Their findings…
- World’s Tallest Hybrid Timber Tower Tops Out In SydneyAtlassian Central has reached its full height in Sydney, making it the world’s tallest hybrid timber tower. The completion of the final structural level,…
- Large-Scale LVL Modular Housing Demonstrates Timber Construction PotentialA new residential project in Almere shows how engineered timber and modular construction can speed up housing delivery while lowering environmental impact. The five-storey…
- Pujiang Platform: A Timber Pavilion That Merges Architecture, Landscape and SustainabilityDesigned by MVRDV, the Pujiang Platform is a timber pavilion and public viewpoint in the hills east of Pujiang, near Chengdu in central China.…
- Gaia: A Sustainable Timber Icon in Educational ArchitectureGaia, a landmark project at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, has earned global recognition for its innovative and sustainable design. The building was…
- Katajanokan Laituri Integrates Large-Scale Timber Construction In A Waterfront ContextKatajanokan Laituri is an office and hotel building by Anttinen Oiva Architects, located on the former industrial waterfront of the Katajanokka peninsula in Helsinki.…
- Greener timber construction using AICarlo Ratti from Carlo Ratti Associati launched a new start-up along with Cambridge graduate Mykola Murashko called Maestro, which aims to reduce the waste…
- A scientific research centre made from sustainably sourced timberDeveloped by a team of researchers and students of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) in Spain, FLORA is a scientific research…
- Dave Lomax – An architecture of sufficiency – lessons from 20 years designing for mass timber constructionDave Lomax is an Associate Director at Waugh Thistleton Architects, who are the world’s leading architects in the field of mass timber, shortlisted for…
