Researchers are developing a lightweight timber construction system combining robotic prefabrication with computational design and simulation processes, as well as three-dimensional surveying ...

Tasked with designing a new restaurant on an awkward site that couldn't support a great deal of weight, architecture studio Acme expertly used engineered wood to create an attractive and lightweight ...

Architectural Association students of the Design & Make program are pushing the envelope on lightweight timber construction. In the program’s most recent annual project, students completed the Sawmill ...

Timber is a natural, renewable material, easy to fabricate, and with low-carbon emissions. As a construction material, however, when put under enough directional force along its grain, sawn timber is ...

Looking back at the past 10 years in mass timber design—since our firm’s first mass timber building, the John W. Olver Design Building at the University of Massachusetts Amherst—it is evident that as ...

During the run of the Biennial (it concludes on December 18), SPLAM will serve as the backdrop for a series of scheduled performances and, beyond, that an open-air community performance venue and ...

Architects are finally recognizing the versatility of wood by building innovative timber-framed structures that offer an alternative to traditional steel and concrete construction. Over the last few ...

Explore how sustainable architecture is evolving through innovative materials and smart technologies, shaping ...