Contrary to its name, the Stone Age wasn’t just about stone. The epoch also known as the Neolithic Period also ushered in some of the first structures ever created from wood. The scientific study of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The increasing threat of climate change has more and more building owners and homebuyers considering the sustainability of their structures and the role construction plays in global warming and use of ...

Typically, when you want to build a high rise, you need iron, steel, cement, concrete; materials that are super strong and durable but also come with a high carbon footprint. Now, some builders are ...

Mass timber is starting to present itself more frequently as an option for more sustainable and aesthetically pleasing construction. Amid rising surface temperatures and an ongoing climate crisis, ...

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 ...

Ancient humans were building large wooden structures – possibly houses – almost half a million years ago. The discovery, the earliest evidence of wooden construction, suggests that some ancient ...

An emerging technology in lumber could have implications for the forestry industry. Mass timber is a process of strengthening ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Mass timber manufactured in Oregon was put to the test of 6.7-magnitude and 7.7-magnitude earthquakes on a shake pad in San Diego Tuesday as researchers work to learn if tall ...