MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA — A new building in Minneapolis, Minnesota is making history as America's first modern tall timber structure. The seven-story office building was constructed using multiple ...

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 ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. America’s first modern skyscraper was built 135 years ago ...

The nation’s largest timber building has officially opened its doors in Minneapolis. Designed by Vancouver-based Michael Green Architecture and Architect-of-Record DLR Group, the seven-story tower is ...

Here we are in the year 2016, getting ready to ride in robot cars and eat meat grown in labs, but a skyscraper built out of wood still seems outlandish. Why? Wood is one of the world’s sturdiest and ...

With an increasing demand for a more sustainable alternative for high-rise construction, new research from UBC Okanagan, in collaboration with Western University and FPInnovations, points to timber as ...

So why is mass timber construction all the rage? And why are there two mass timber buildings in the heart of Downtown being planned, including one of the tallest in North America? We asked Tim Gokhman ...

Timber erection began last month for the Center for Arctic Studies at Brunswick, Maine-based Bowdoin College despite an exceedingly wet summer, says Matt Tonello project executive at Consigli ...

With an increasing demand for a more sustainable alternative for high-rise construction, new research points to timber as a sustainable and effective way to make tall, high-density, and renewable ...

Roofs made from wood are one or the rarest roof types to find around these days, as concrete slab and shingles take over, according to Choice Solutions Roofing and Exteriors Co. In Oklahoma City. Wood ...

Histories of innovation in modern building materials typically recount how muscular substances are sculpted in the hands of masters: Eiffel and his iron, Corb and his concrete, Gehry and his shiny ...

This seven-story office building Hunt Realty is planning just north of downtown Dallas would be built with engineered timbers and wood construction. Hunt Realty When plans were unveiled recently for a ...