With mass timber projects on the rise around the United State, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and Oregon State University (OSU) have partnered to produce two new reports on how timber buildings can ...

Composite structural systems that integrate timber and concrete have emerged as a promising solution in modern construction, combining the unique strengths of each material. By harnessing the high ...

A move towards a built environment that centers sustainability and embodied carbon is driving innovation within mass and hybrid timber construction. In this piece, Buro Happold considers the power and ...

Houses can be made of wood, as they were in the past – or of concrete, as they are today. To build for tomorrow, the two building methods are being combined: these hybrid structures, which contain ...

The recent trend in timber-framed architecture may just be beginning. The 36 foot by 8 foot specimen, modeled after the typical size of a structural bay, was constructed out of a Cross-Laminate Timber ...

Government has banned the use of steel-timber concrete composite building method in Uganda, citing structural safety risks. In multiple interviews, engineers welcomed the decision, which they said ...

Since 2016, a model settlement in timber-frame construction has been under construction on the site of a former barracks in Munich (see also page 52 in this issue). Rapp Architekten won housing ...

Researchers from the National Research Programme "Resource Wood" have developed a type of concrete that largely consists of wood. The building material offers the construction industry new ...