Although initially conceived as a concrete structure, switching to timber as the primary building material proved to have a host of benefits. When San Mateo County set out to build a new office ...

Timber has re-emerged as a versatile and sustainable structural material for mid-rise and high-rise construction, yet its light weight and inherent material variability pose unique challenges under ...

Wood, an age-old building material, has left its mark on the history of architecture. Structures like townhouses and ancient cathedrals have seen usage and innovation with wood as a primary material.

Achim Menges uses computer-guided techniques designed to make buildings more sustainable and affordable. Humanity has long sought to tame wood into something more predictable. Sawmills manufacture ...

Earn Your Graduate Certificate in Timber Building Design at One of the Best Structural Engineering Schools in the Nation. Sustainable construction is the use of renewable and recyclable materials in ...

The Grand Ring, a huge 2 km (1.2 miles) circular wooden walkway, showcases innovative engineering and design. Constructed for the ongoing Osaka 2025 Expo in Japan, it serves as a key feature of the ...

Wood is ubiquitous in the architectural heritage of Scandinavia, whose forests have long supplied an abundance of the building material. “It dates back to the Viking era and has remained an important ...

The future of architecture lies in antiquity. I don’t mean that we’re headed for another round of neoclassical nostalgia but instead that it’s time to embrace a practice so basic and immemorial that ...

Archaeologists working on a military housing project in Wiltshire have found two massive timber posts, roughly 120 metres ...