Mass timber, an engineered wood product known for its strength and versatility, has emerged as a formidable alternative to traditional construction materials like concrete and steel. As concerns about ...

In our latest episode of Lexicon, we sat down with Professor Robert Hairstans, a leader in offsite timber construction and sustainable building practices. Hairstans is pioneering new approaches to ...

What if we could build high-quality buildings without relying on traditional materials like concrete and drywall? Better yet, what if these buildings are built with sustainable materials, with ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Harbor Bay Ventures, a Chicago-based real estate development and investment firm, has broken ground on the tallest mass timber student housing building in the United States, 9th and ...

Two of the biggest developers in real estate said this week that buildings constructed using mass timber are leasing up faster and commanding premium rents compared with those solely using standard ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- New Energy Works is excited to welcome structural and architectural DfMA designer, business development leader, and Passive House specialist Steven ...

The inclination for using mass timber as a construction material continues to rise among developers and their AEC partners. In Milwaukee, Wis., today, there was a groundbreaking for what would be the ...

Timber, when used appropriately, can be considered as one of the most sustainable building materials within the construction industry. It can be used to maximise a project’s sustainability credentials ...

With one ceremonial shovel swing during a Dec. 12, 2025, groundbreaking ceremony, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is ...

Sitting atop the Yankee Hill neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is Ascent, a 284-foot luxury apartment building made mostly of wood. The first of its kind, Ascent is also the tallest ...

Designing and building the first mass timber commercial office building in the Philadelphia metropolitan area required intense coordination to combine mass timber with multiple structural systems.