Chicago Tribune

Edward Keegan: Milwaukee is building contemporary timber towers. What about Chicago?

One of the more memorable displays of old-style Chicago politics and boosterism that I ever witnessed was at a Streeterville community meeting circa 2007 in which outgoing 42nd Ward Ald. Burt Natarus ...
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Midwest builders are using wood in a new way to construct high rises. And it's climate-friendly

St. Louis' turn-of-the-century brick buildings are full of massive beams from old-growth forests. Kyle Howerton, a principal with St. Louis-based developer AHM Group, is working on a new high rise ...
The Business Journals

Timber talks: Exploring the environmental, economic, and aesthetic impacts of mass timber construction in the Midwest — Table of Experts

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 ...
Forbes

How Timber Extensions Can Make Concrete Buildings More Sustainable

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Construction workers secure an engineered wood column onto the deck of the 12th floor of the ...
EurekAlert!

From waste-wood to load-bearing feature, a simple calculation could change the way we use misfit wood

In his mission to normalise the use of ‘misfit wood’, Aalto University architect and researcher Jaakko Torvinen has shown how ...
Engineering News-Record

Mass Plywood Panels Add Strength, Speed to Oakland, Calif., High-Rise

Developer hopes to demonstrate how the use of mass ply paneling over cross-laminated timber can speed up construction and make for a structurally stronger building. When 1510 Webster in downtown ...

Wood buildings catching on in trend toward decarbonization

Drawing all eyes in a business district in downtown Yokohama, the Port Plus building is fashioned solely from tidy wooden ...
The Conversation

High rises made out of wood? What matters in whether ‘mass timber’ buildings are sustainable

A material that’s been around since people built shelters – wood – is increasingly being proposed for low- and mid-rise buildings. As an economist who studies forestry and natural resources, I took an ...
Inverse

Is This Sustainable, Entirely Wood Skyscraper the Future of Cities?

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 ...
The Washington Post

This old-school building material could take over city skylines

Architects are in a proof-of-concept race to construct sustainable wood high-rises. Oct. 31 at 6:30 a.m. SKELLEFTEA, Sweden — It is right to say that the construction of one of the tallest timber ...
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Timber frame construction: A guide to building a home with wood

There are a number of different ways of building a timber frame construction, each with their own set of pros and cons. From the speed at which they can be constructed, to the eco-attributes of timber ...