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 ...

More multistory buildings are being made with mass timber, or wood that is glued and pressed in special ways to make it structurally capable of replacing building materials like concrete and steel, ...

Mass timber is poised to join concrete, steel, and light-wood framing as a primary structural material for multifamily projects. Mass timber construction involves the use of prefabricated wood ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - In two years, Cleveland will be the home of the tallest wood building in the United States. The nine-story Intro building from Illinois-based development firm Harbor Bay Real Estate ...

When complete, the Ascent will be the tallest timber building in the world. (Courtesy Korb Associates Architects) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining ...

Construction is a major carbon dioxide emitter, with eight percent of global emissions traceable to the cement industry and another eight percent coming from steel production. Engineers and ...

The modern industrial era was literally built on steel and concrete, readily available materials that gave buildings the strength to stretch hundreds of stories into the sky. Unlike wood, steel and ...

On the western edge of Scripps Ranch, just off I-15, construction crews are assembling a 10-story building made entirely out of wood. But the building won't ever be inhabited — in fact, crews will be ...

Another Senate bill would have EPA assess life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from biomass electricity production. The federal government could give preference to contractors who use wood as their ...

The building was "dancing" underneath the simulator, scientists said. Researchers have successfully simulated a high magnitude earthquake on the largest building ever tested, and the structure ...

With environmental benefits and lower labor costs, mass timber has grown into a market that could rival steel and concrete in the construction industry. By Keith Schneider SPOKANE, Wash. — Although it ...

For residents of a Milwaukee tower to admire the wood holding it up, samples of the material first had to undergo a trial by fire. Literally. The U.S. Department of Agriculture burned the ...