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- University Mass Timber Pavilion was designed by students Sat, 12 Aug 23, 3:30amNestled on the Rice University campus, amid multiple microhabitats and surrounded by green, you will see a small pavilion that looks a bit like an ancient Greek temple...
- This administrative office building features a net-zero carbon design Fri, 4 Jun 21, 4:30amNew buildings offer an opportunity for innovations in efficiency and eco-friendly design. ZAS Architects, in collaboration with Bucholz McEvoy Architects, considered these goals in the design for the Toronto and Region Conservation...
- Oregon State mass timber buildings sequester over 2,000 tons of CO2 Fri, 23 Apr 21, 12:30amLast year, the College of Forestry at Oregon State University welcomed Peavy Hall and the Advanced Wood Products Laboratory (AWP), two new mass timber buildings that serve as living laboratories for sustainable architecture...
- Oregon State University building on a reclaimed mine targets net-zero energy Tue, 16 Mar 21, 2:30amSeattle-based SRG Partnership has unveiled designs for Edward J. Ray Hall, a new Oregon State University Cascades Campus building with ambitious net-zero energy targets in Bend, Oregon. Designed to showcase OSU-Cascades’...
- North Americas first mass timber hotel opens in Austin Thu, 7 Jan 21, 3:30amAcclaimed Texan architecture firm Lake | Flato has teamed up with hospitality company Bunkhouse to create Hotel Magdalena, an 89-room establishment that is also the first mass timber hotel constructed in North America...
- Tallhouse: an adaptable, timber model for low-carbon urban housing Fri, 11 Dec 20, 3:30amIn an effort to bring down carbon emissions and streamline the building of cost-effective urban housing, Boston-based AEC technology company Generate is focused on revolutionizing the city’s construction industry...
- Guallart Architects unveil winning bid for a self-sufficient community in China Fri, 28 Aug 20, 4:30amBarcelona-based Guallart Architects has won an international competition for its design of a mixed-use, self-sufficient community in China’s Xiong’an New Area...
- Hood Rivers mixed-use Outpost achieves industrial chic with mass timber Tue, 14 Jul 20, 1:30amAbout an hour west of Portland, Oregon, a stretch of post-industrial waterfront along the Hood River has been revitalized as Outpost, a dynamic new destination for making, co-working and play...
- Wedge-shaped Sideyard champions CLT construction Wed, 22 Apr 20, 12:30amWhen Portland, Oregon reconfigured the roadways in the Central Eastside community, a 20,000-square-foot berm space was leftover from the move. To make the most of the small and oddly shaped site, Key Development teamed up...
- Story book of timber designed for University of Arkansas Fri, 3 Apr 20, 3:30amDublin-based Grafton Architects and Fayetteville-based Modus Studio have won an international design competition for the Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation at the University of Arkansas’ Fay...
- Green-roofed Honey Bee Research Centre targets LEED Gold Thu, 26 Mar 20, 4:30amToronto-based architecture firm Moriyama & Teshima Architects has unveiled renderings for the new Honey Bee Research Centre, a state-of-the-art research and education facility for promoting honeybee health and awareness...
- PAU unveils carbon-neutral Sunnyside Yard masterplan in NYC Sat, 14 Mar 20, 1:30amGlobal architecture firm Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) has revealed a masterplan for transforming over 180 acres of underutilized land in Western Queens’ Sunnyside Railyard into a thriving mixed-use...
- Canadas first net-zero carbon, mass-timber college building to rise in Toronto Wed, 4 Mar 20, 2:30amThe Centennial College in Toronto will soon make history with the addition of Canada’s first net-zero carbon, mass timber college building. Designed in collaboration with construction services company EllisDon as well as...
- Swedens tallest timber building could save 550 tons of CO2 Sat, 29 Feb 20, 3:30amScandinavian-based architecture firm C.F. Møller Architects has raised the bar for sustainable architecture with the recent completion of the Kajstaden Tower, Sweden’s tallest timber building. Located in Västerås, about...
- First CLT Passive House project in Boston breaks ground Tue, 25 Feb 20, 4:30amMove over steel and concrete — a pioneering cross-laminated timber (CLT) project that’s set to break ground in Boston could spearhead a greater adoption of mass timber across the country...