They just don't make 'em like the Sakyamuni Pagoda anymore. Built from wood in 1056 in the Shanxi province of China, the building has remained standing to this day, despite seven earthquakes rattling ...

Tommy Linstroth is Founder and CEO at Green Badger, a leading SaaS provider simplifying sustainability and ESG in the built industry. Leaps in technology are making it easier to build structures with ...

As sustainability measures become increasingly important in new construction, architects around the world are turning toward mass timber — even for large-scale projects. A workshop at the ...

Larry Page’s “city of the future” on Toronto’s waterfront may end up having one foot rooted firmly in the past. Sidewalk Labs LLC, the urban innovation unit of Alphabet Inc., is considering ...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Swinerton is proud to announce that it has officially launched Swinerton Mass Timber, a new business unit dedicated to building projects using mass ...

Cities are shaped by fire. From Chicago to San Francisco, enormous swathes of urban fabric were wiped away by accident in the 19th century. These horrific disasters did more than just clear the way ...

PORT ANGELES — Timber today is felled using the cutting edge of technology more than chainsaws. Whether it’s harvesting trees in the woods or cutting boards in the lumber mill, computerization and ...

NEWBERRY, Mich. (AP) - Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources plans to use mass timber technology to build a $5 million field office in the Upper Peninsula. The building will replace outdated ...

A growing number of North American architects and developers are supporting mass timber construction. Tall timber can sequester carbon, it's more resistant to fire than concrete, and it's often ...

Timber and fine art may seem like an odd combination, but the Portland Museum of Art is promoting itself as the perfect host for a conference this fall on an innovative type of forest product. “An art ...