When timber is not considered, higher-carbon and non-renewable materials such as steel and concrete are used instead, which can significantly increase the embodied carbon of a project – by up to 75 ...

However, he contends, if we want to ease off concrete and steel, mass timber “is the best option for today.” Other barriers to using mass timber have been both cost and strict building ...

An exposed concrete frame infilled with reclaimed stone walls encases warm, timber-lined interiors at ... porches, or 'hollow frames'," explained the studio. "In some instances, sections of ...

The first of its kind, Ascent is also the tallest timber-concrete hybrid building in the world. Tim Gokhman, one of the developers of Ascent, says building costs are comparable to more traditional ...

“It is 19 stories of mass timber over a six story concrete parking structure,” said architect Jason Korb of Korb Architecture. The Ascent is currently the world’s tallest building that’s a ...

Using these properties, engineers adapted concrete production models and tested if bioinspired, similarly hollow shapes boosted their strength. Unlike other concrete variants, however, the new ...

SEE MORE Rendering of a data center that Microsoft is building using cross-laminated timber for its floors and ceilings in order to reduce the amount of steel and concrete used, which have a ...

Today, architects are finding that mass timber can provide ample benefits—and be a differentiator—when designing in the hospitality space. Concrete and steel have long been the go-to materials for ski ...

is made almost exclusively of mass timber. Designed by Michael Green Architecture ... office building – and it’s nothing close to the concrete, aluminum and steel typically associated with ...