A new study finds that adopting cross-laminated timber as a primary construction material could have significant ...

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

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

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

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

A new kind of wood, stronger than steel and created from ordinary timber, is approaching full-scale production. The material, named "Super Wood," by creators InventWood, could provide an ...

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.

“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 ...

When the empire state building was completed in 1931, the 102-story skyscraper ranked as the tallest in the world, a beacon of American progress as well as a lightning rod for Midtown Manhattan. 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 ...

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.

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 ...