Milwaukee's first building created with an unusual construction method, using high-grade timber instead of steel for its frame, will be completed next spring. Timber Lofts, a 60-unit apartment ...

Gain comprehensive knowledge of timber structures from experts. Learn advanced design of timber structures. The advent of mass timber and tall wood buildings has brought timber design back into the ...

Building structures out of wood doesn’t seem like a particularly innovative idea—people have been building wood houses for centuries. But when it comes to new efforts to be sustainable, all-timber ...

Scars left by axes swung before the Civil War show the work of skilled builders who shaped timbers for use in homes, barns and warehouses long before cutting machinery came along. Each board or beam ...

The garden built a barn the old-fashioned way, through a process known as timber-framing, a method of construction whose origins predate the birth of Jesus Christ and was popular in New England during ...

The role of Scottish timber in supporting the circular economy and delivering sustainable homes has been recognised by the Irish government during a St Patrick’s Day visit to Alexanders Timber Design ...

Although only four stories tall, Albina Yard, a spec office building, stands out among its one- and two-story neighbors in the scrappy residential and commercial district in north Portland, Oregon.

Environmental sustainability was the main factor for using specially treated lumber, instead of steel and concrete, for developer Ann Pieper Eisenbrown's newly opened Walker's Point apartment building ...

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 ...

If you're considering an oak frame extension, here's what you need to know, from designing one through to the best ways of connecting one to your home ...