Mass timber is gaining popularity in multi-storey construction projects across both Canada and the United States. The benefits of mass timber in terms of efficient construction and reduced staffing ...

LEESBURG, Va. — The American Wood Council (AWC) has released a national Mass Timber Alternative Materials and Methods (AMM) Guide for use with the 2018 International Building Code (IBC). This new ...

The inclination for using mass timber as a construction material continues to rise among developers and their AEC partners. In Milwaukee, Wis., today, there was a groundbreaking for what would be the ...

With some of the strictest building codes in the nation, New York City is in many ways not the test bed for architectural experimentation one might expect. Here, an architect’s creativity is often ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. A new take on an old building material is gaining momentum ...

Mass timber, a renewable, durable, environmentally friendly building material, is changing the building industry for the better. In this article, we take a deeper look at the environmental, economic ...

On Demand As the use of mass timber proliferates across the country due to its environmental, aesthetic, and speed-of-construction benefits, firms can remain competitive by understanding the material ...

The architecture firm DLR Group has been methodically relying on mass timber, with more than 3 million sf of that building material now in the firm’s design portfolio. Among its recent mass timber ...

At the University of Toronto, just across the street from the football stadium, workers are putting up a 14-story building with space for classrooms and faculty offices. What’s unusual is how they’re ...