Framework, a 12-story building in the Pearl District, Portland Oregon seeks to be the Nation’s fir
02/01/2023
PDX employees get a 'behind the scenes' tour of new terminal, including seeing new roof Airport employees got a sneak peak at the terminal renovations taking place at PDX including seeing the new roof that was recently installed. The roof was assem
01/24/2023
The hottest new thing in sustainable building is, uh, wood The many, many benefits of using wood in place of concrete and steel.
12/22/2022
How Tree Trunks Are Cut to Produce Wood With Different Appearances and Uses The way in which the trunk is cut is determinant to establish the functionality and final characteristics of each board.
11/29/2022
Technology developed for the Framework project deployed in mass timber shake table test in San Diego.
Wooden high rises? San Diego hopes 'mass timber' can help with climate goals Mass timber is seen as a potential solution for decarbonizing the building industry.
07/15/2022
A green light to take wood to new heights Will Portland finally get a mass-timber high-rise? Plans for Sandy Pine, a 12-story, 125-foot...
07/15/2022
PDX gives airport visitors a reason to look up ... in 2024 Workers built a nine-acre wooden roof to cover the airport's main terminal. Now they're getting ready to move it.
05/10/2022
MVRDV Unveils Celebratory Pavilion of the Fuggerei Social Housing Project in Germany MVRDV and Fugger Foundation are celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Fuggerei social housing project, the world's oldest housing complex.
04/07/2022
Opinion: Mass timber can help Oregon build back better There are many reasons to bet on the future of the mass timber industry, writes Curtis Robinhold, executive director of the Port of Portland, which is a member of the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition. Mass timber can help meet the needs of Oregonians, with products built by urban and rural Oregonians, a...
01/03/2022
Prescriptive Seismic Design Procedure for Post-Tensioned Mass Timber Rocking Walls | Journal of Structural Engineering | Vol 148, No 3 In this study, a prescriptive seismic design procedure for post-tensioned mass timber rocking wall lateral force–resisting systems is proposed. Unlike performance-based design approaches that employ nonlinear analysis, this procedure utilizes ...
12/19/2021
The Dezeen guide to wood in architecture, interiors and design Our guide to 15 of the most popular types of wood and wood products has links to hundreds of inspirational examples for architecture and design projects.
12/19/2021
Sturdy, strong and sustainable: Mass timber's popularity grows in Pacific Northwest Cross-laminated timber, made from gluing solid-sawn lumber together, is used in more than half of all U.S. mass timber projects.