US-based InventWood has developed a new type of modified wood, dubbed 'Superwood', which is reportedly stronger than steel ...

There are already a range of engineered and modified wood products on the market. Take glulam, or glue-laminated timber, in ...

American start-up InventWood claims to have "reinvented wood from the inside out" with a patented process that restructures ...

Appropriately dubbed "Superwood," the applications seem to be limited only to imagination, and may hold up a high-rise ...

So, can a skyscraper made of wood truly help build a better world? The research suggests the idea isn’t just possible; it’s ...

“Wood is the new concrete,” says de Rijke, of dRMM. “Concrete is a 20th-century material. Steel is a 19th-century material. Wood is a 21st-century material.” The New Wood: Making CLT ...

Oregon has generated $13.5 million in timber sales in July, providing enough wood to build approximately 3,000 homes and ...

W e live in a world of concrete. After water, it’s the most widely used substance on our planet, and its usage around the world, ton for ton, is twice that of steel, wood, plastics and aluminium ...

Timber, the massive kind But both Green and Blomgren argue that the wooden building technologies available today are a far cry from the creaky wood-framed structures of the past. Crucially, Green ...

And there won’t be a wood skyscraper as tall as the Empire State Building any time soon. Mass timber was first pioneered in Austria in the nineties…and is gaining popularity in the United States.

"Builders and developers are also viewing the second half of the year with optimism. In addition to the local market, exports from Estonia are recovering -- prefab woodhouse exports are gradually ...

Mass timber’s rise comes at a time when sustainability is not just a buzzword but a necessity. However, the data on wood’s environmental impact is often confusing.