Using mass timber is a stylistic choice with sustainability benefits that also fosters the engagement between urban development and the local forestry industry, according to Chris Nardone, lead ...

the use mass timber also helped the airport achieve its sustainability goals. The timber itself was also sourced through a special process ZGF developed to prioritize a lower environmental impact.

Mass timber is pleasing because of the qualities ... and panels hung on a steel-frame pavilion. ZGF roofed its new airport terminal in Portland, Oregon, in a skylit cloud of wooden curves.

At the 7th annual Biophilic Leadership Summit in March, presentations ranged from explorations of built projects to research on the health benefits of proximity to trees and illustrated how many ...

Mass timber is part of a worldwide construction shift towards prefabrication and offsite construction. Prefabricated buildings made from sustainable sourced mass timber are a huge environmental and ...

Mass timber is the future – but can we insure it? High insurance rates are a barrier for scaling mass timber construction in B.C. and beyond. Mid-rise buildings (7-12 storeys), rare in B.C. but ...