Not so long ago, it was exceptionally rare to see timber buildings more than six stories tall. But new engineered wood technologies like cross-laminated timber (CLT), glued laminated wood (gluluam), ...

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat designates the 284-ft-tall Ascent in Milwaukee as the world’s tallest timber structure The 25-story Ascent is only 4 ft taller than the next-tallest timber ...

St. Louis' turn-of-the-century brick buildings are full of massive beams from old-growth forests. Kyle Howerton, a principal with St. Louis-based developer AHM Group, is working on a new high rise ...

Architects and engineers are looking at high-rise mass timber structures, meaning those above six stories, as a way to build more environmentally. These buildings consist of a type of reinforced wood ...

Cutting-edge timber high-rise construction continues to move into the mainstream with projects like the Mjøstårnet and Ascent. MVRDV and Space Encounters now offer an example that's more impressive ...

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has designated the 284-ft-tall Ascent in Milwaukee as the world’s tallest timber and concrete hybrid structure. The 25-story Ascent has broken height ...

Typically, when you want to build a high rise, you need iron, steel, cement, concrete; materials that are super strong and durable but also come with a high carbon footprint. Now, some builders are ...

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To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Mass timber is increasingly ...