Timber frames, for so long limited to the low-rise residential sector, have begun to break into commercial and higher-rise uses, thanks to technological breakthroughs. What does the future hold? For ...

The breakthrough, led by Nadja Manser, a PhD student and researcher at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science ...

Cross-laminated timber is the world's most advanced building material, and its going to remake the world's skyline.

Cost: A complete mass timber building can be 5% less expensive than a building constructed with a traditional structural frame, or even 10% less than standard concrete and steel construction. The ...

The couple nonetheless embraced the timber-frame idea, and, like Troth, were excited by the thought of building an intensely energy-efficient home.

In construction, wood is often hailed as a sustainable alternative to concrete. However, there is a gap in the structural analysis of timber frame ...

In the 1840s, the decade that reinforced concrete was invented, New York, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Toronto were all devastated by blazes that quickly spread through densely-packed timber-frame ...

Columbia Property Trust chose a mass timber frame over a steel frame for an addition atop the oldest high-rise in the U.S. Navy Yard neighborhood.

Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan has said that the concrete levy introduced in the budget on Tuesday should lead to the building of more timber frame homes. The levy, from which it is ...

Milwaukee's first building created with an unusual construction method, using high-grade timber instead of steel for its frame, will be completed next spring. Timber Lofts, a 60-unit apartment ...

The couple nonetheless embraced the timber-frame idea, and, like Troth, were excited by the thought of building an intensely energy-efficient home. During the winter of 2007-08, the couple exchanged ...

Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan has said that the concrete levy introduced in Budget 2023 on Tuesday should lead to the building of more timber frame homes.