The Canadian Province of British Columbia is updating its building code to expand the use of mass timber in building construction. The code will allow for encapsulated mass-timber construction (EMTC) ...

The Ontario government intends to amend its Building Code in the coming months to permit encapsulated mass timber construction up to 18 stories high. Currently, Ontario’s Building Code allows ...

What if we could build high-quality buildings without relying on traditional materials like concrete and drywall? Better yet, what if these buildings are built with sustainable materials, with ...

Harvard University’s first hybrid mass timber and low-carbon concrete conference center is a bold commitment to ...

The Portland-based firm PAE Consulting Engineers wanted its new headquarters to be among the world’s most environmentally friendly — a “Living Building” that stood five stories tall but tread lightly ...

In Paris’ thirteenth arrondissement, the architecture office Moreau Kusunoki has completed Le Berlier, a 50-meter-tall timber tower housing residential units along with various other amenities.

Looking back at the past 10 years in mass timber design—since our firm’s first mass timber building, the John W. Olver Design Building at the University of Massachusetts Amherst—it is evident that as ...

Mass timber, an engineered wood product known for its strength and versatility, has emerged as a formidable alternative to traditional construction materials like concrete and steel. As concerns about ...

Mass timber is starting to present itself more frequently as an option for more sustainable and aesthetically pleasing construction. Amid rising surface temperatures and an ongoing climate crisis, ...

When Portland International Airport opens its refurbished main terminal in August, visitors will be met with a rippling nine-acre roof entirely constructed out of wood. The roof’s crests and valleys ...

As the mass timber industry continues its rapid expansion, with projections showing a 15.5% annual growth rate in North America by 2032, 2025 is shaping up to be a pivotal year. Innovations in ...