2025 Was a ‘Pivotal’ Year for Mass Timber Construction
The final numbers aren’t in yet but this past year will see growth at around 20 percent in buildings using the technology. A new analysis of the mass timber field from Ricardo Brites, director of engineering and virtual design and construction at Mercer Mass Timber, finds that there were over 2,500 mass timber projects that […]
Counting Down to the International Mass Timber Conference
It’s just over two months until the three-day event in Portland, OR that will highlight the world of mass timber building and design. This year celebrates ten years for the conference, which will be held at the Portland Convention Center from March 30 through April 2 and includes speakers, workshops, tours, case studies, social events […]
What Happens to Mass Timber When Its Use Is Over?
You won’t believe what they’re going to do to the largest wood structure in the world now that they are done with it. It was the largest wooden building ever constructed with a circumference of more than 1.2 miles, covering nearly 1.5 acres when it was built for Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan last year. […]
New Toronto Mass Timber Building Tallest in the City
At ten stories tall, the newly opened Limberlost Place structure sets a new precedent in Canada’s largest city. Up until 2022, mass timber buildings in Toronto could only rise six stories but Limberlost Place’s height represents a new standard for the city and the entire mass timber field. Located at the city’s George Brown College […]
Harvard Gets Its First Mass Timber Building
Add one of the nation’s most prestigious universities to the list of mass timber proponents with the completion of the David Rubenstein Treehouse. The 55,000-square-foot facility, part of Harvard’s new Enterprise Research Center in Allston, MA, was designed by Studio Gang. The firm said it looked to the “architecture of trees” for the new structure, […]
Michigan Providing Money and Assistance to Mass Timber Builders
The state’s Department of Natural Resources announced the new program in October that includes funding as well as guidance and technical assistance. Cash awards ranging from $25,000 to $75,000 will be made available by the state under its new Michigan Mass Timber Catalyst Program, designed to support building projects that use mass timber as a […]
Mississippi State University Mass Timber Design a Competition Finalist
The 2025 Timber Design Competition at the Timber Construction Conference in Pretoria, South Africa has recognized a student project. Paulina Fernandez, a senior architecture major from Tegucigalpa, Honduras and a student at Mississippi State University, placed ninth out of 130 entries from nine universities across the world for her project “HALO: A Haven of Eternal […]
Amazon Opens a “Wooden Wonder” with New Indiana Facility
The online giant has built a new delivery station in Elkhart, IN that uses wood extensively throughout its construction. As mass timber construction continues to gain acceptance – and popularity – around the country, Amazon has gotten into the game with a new facility built mostly from wood, as well as lower-carbon materials. According to […]
Mass Timber Japan-Style
In what represents one of its first uses for a sports stadium, a Japanese soccer team is using mass timber for its new home. The Japanese city of Fukushima was devastated by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami that created a nuclear disaster in 2011 but ever since it has been trying to rebuild, both physically […]
Mass Timber Comes to the Atlanta Metro Area
The first use of mass timber for a municipal facility in Georgia has opened in the Atlanta suburb of Brookhaven. Opening ceremonies were held several weeks ago at the new $78 million Brookhaven City Hall for the landmark construction in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The new building, at 4047 Peachtree Road, is next to Atlanta […]