Mass timber building advocates are encouraged by the results of the world’s first blast tests on full-scale structures framed with the renewable construction material. The performance metrics and ...

Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is gaining increased use among architects and engineers due to its numerous structural applications in various building projects. While CLT panels are typically used for ...

Some of multifamily housing’s boldest designs were born from dreaming big. But what if we dreamed big about building those designs? Some of the most futuristic building materials available today are ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The 8th annual International Mass Timber Conference will launch in about a month, and SCM and Randek will be joining the innovators, disruptors and forward-thinkers who want to ...

When he set out to design his company’s new headquarters building on Lakeshore Road in scenic Kelowna, B.C., Tim McLennan of Faction Projects knew quickly that cross-laminated timber (CLT) was an ...

Seventy miles north of Seattle in the historic town of La Conner, Wash., a new public library has been built utilizing cross laminated timber (CLT). The project, designed by Seattle-based architecture ...

The inclusion of a built-in database of CLT layups reduces manual inputs, increasing speed and accuracy of calculation reports. CLT Structural Design Tool is an Excel-based resource that can be used ...

If the 19th century belonged to iron and steel and the 20th century belonged to concrete, could timber be the building material of our age? That is the question posed by architect Alison Brooks’ “The ...

When Tokyo-based architectural office UENOA was tasked to design a new office building for structural screws manufacturer SYNEGIC Co., Ltd, the client also asked them to create “advanced architecture ...