Timber engineering harnesses the natural hierarchy of wood—from molecular cellulose microfibrils, through composite-grade laminates, to full-scale structural members—to deliver sustainable, ...

Ricardo Brites has spent much of his career helping move engineered timber buildings from ambitious design experiments into practical housing solutions. Originally from Portugal, Brites completed his ...

No single building type or material will allow us to build our way out of our climate and decarbonization challenges. We need to reuse and renovate what we already have and when we do build new, we ...

Designed by Studio Gang, the 55,000-sq-ft David Rubenstein Treehouse conference center is the first building in Massachusetts to use healthier, low-embodied concrete on a large scale. January 21, 2026 ...

Australia’s largest engineered timber commercial building has opened in Brisbane, designed by Bates Smart. At 10 stories, and 45 meters in height, the “25 King” open plan office complex is the tallest ...

While 20th century architecture was arguably defined by the innovative use of concrete, steel and other modern materials, it looks more and more like 21st century design will be defined by one of the ...

Developer Thrive Construct recently announced the world’s tallest steel-timber hotel to be built at Victoria Square, Adelaide. Australia has caught onto the trend of building taller in timber, with ...

Timber has re-emerged as a versatile and sustainable structural material for mid-rise and high-rise construction, yet its light weight and inherent material variability pose unique challenges under ...

Mass timber is still a small segment of the construction industry in the United States. A recent congressional report counts 1,753 mass-timber buildings in the country as of March of last year. “For ...

Sou Fujimoto and Laisné Roussel's proposal for a tall wooden building in Bordeaux. Image © SOU FUJIMOTO ARCHITECTS + LAISNÉ ROUSSEL + RENDERING BY TÀMAS FISHER ...

SPOKANE FALLS, Wash. — The first phase of construction on the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, a future cultural destination located in the heart of the North Dakota Badlands, and the largest ...

The difference is that when we build with mass timber products today, we’re building with engineered wood products that are typically glued-together lumber coming from small diameter trees, whereas a ...