Mass Timber And the New Teddy Roosevelt Presidential Library
Along with earthen walls, the mass timber structure on the new structure makes it look like “it’s always been there.” The 95,000-square-foot museum that just opened right outside of Medora, ND looks over the national park bearing the name of the 26th president. The use of natural materials makes it appear as part of the […]
New Mass Timber Act Introduced in Congress
There’s still a long legislative process to get through but if this is enacted, it’s a big advancement for the construction field.
Mass Timber for Shakespeare
A new theater in the Hudson Valley of New York State features 451 seats covered in a mass timber shell. Birnam Forest didn’t supply the wood for the new Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center in Garrison, NY, that houses the local theatre company Hudson Valley Shakespeare but it is the latest use of mass timber […]
Registration Opens for 2025 Mass Timber Conference
As the mass timber movement continues to gain momentum next year’s conference is already well into preparation. It’s the largest gathering in the world for the entire mass timber sector, focusing on the supply chain for the construction method gaining increased popularity in the U.S. and around the world. Now in its ninth year, the […]
The Mass Timber Business Is Booming but Geography Is a Factor
Around the world, the use of mass timber for new construction has skyrocketed but in some parts of the world builders need to be careful. New mass timber buildings, some as high as 30 stories, are turning up in the U.S., Europe and Asia but a new report suggests that certain climates are less hospitable […]
The Boss Goes All-In on Wood
A new museum dedicated to rock superstar Bruce Springsteen will feature mass timber construction prominently. He’s more accustomed to fine wooden guitars, but Bruce Springsteen’s new legacy museum housing his archives will be a mass timber building which will feature some of its structure left exposed at the ceiling and in the supporting columns. It […]
The World’s Largest Wooden City Set for Stockholm, Sweden
In yet another benchmark moment for the Mass Timber movement, construction will start in Sweden in 2025 on what is being called the “world’s largest wooden city.” It will span more than 60 acres and include over 2,000 homes and 7,000 offices space and when the first phase opens in 2027, Stockholm Wood City will […]
Mass Timber: Are Wood Buildings the Next Frontier for Sustainability?
A new University of Washington campus building that uses Mass Timber construction could represent the future of new carbon offset practices. A pilot program at the University of Washington that uses Mass Timber construction could represent the future of new carbon offset practices. The program sold offsets against the carbon stored in the structure of a […]
World’s Tallest Wood Building Tops Out at 25 Stories in Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI—New Land Enterprises held a topping out ceremony for its Ascent project, which at 25 stories is the tallest timber structure in the world. The residential project in downtown Milwaukee is built of spruce CLT (cross laminated timber) panels for floors and walls, and glulam for rafters beams and columns, most of them manufactured […]
Wood Makes Construction Greener, Groups Tell Biden
Washington, DC—The American Wood Council, National Alliance of Forest Owners and Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association issued the following joint statement on President Biden’s Executive Order: “Catalyzing America’s Clean Energy Economy Through Federal Sustainability.” We applaud the President for harnessing the federal government to lead the way in transforming the built environment to net-zero. . . […]