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Sourcing Sustainable Timber Starts with the Forest

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

June 1, 2023

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Architects grapple with the carbon impacts and benefits of building with wood.

ZGF's Portland Airport Expansion Takes Its Cues from the Forests of the Pacific Northwest

Portland, Oregon

Randy Gragg

June 1, 2023

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Stumptown's mass-timber airport terminal prepares for takeoff.

Starts and Stumbles: The Rocky Road to Europe’s Ambitious Timber Construction Targets

Katharine Logan

June 1, 2023

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European countries and cities have a slew of initiatives underway to incentivize building with wood. However, major obstacles persist.

Rising from the Ashes: Mass Timber Helps Resurrect a Fire-Torn Town in Rural California

Greenville, California

Sarah Amelar

June 1, 2023

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The Sierra Institute and atelierjones propose the use of fire-hardened, cross-laminated timber to replace the nearly 600 Greenville homes destroyed by California's Dixie Wildfire in 2021.

Mass-Timber "Trees" Support the World of Volvo Experience Center

James Gauer

June 1, 2023

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The carmaker gears up to showcase its brand with a sculptural, glass-enclosed structure topped with a cantilevered, timber-framed roof.

Helen & Hard Revamps an Outmoded Office Building in Norway with a Timber Insertion

Stavanger, Norway

Katharine Logan

June 1, 2023

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An outdated modernist office building is spruced up for the 21st century.

Projects from Around the World Demonstrate Diverse Approaches to Building with Wood

RECORD Editors

June 1, 2023

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In-process, completed, and on-the-boards projects featuring wood, including housing, office towers, museums, and academic buildings from Europe and North America.

The tallest primarily mass-timber structure to be tested for seismic resilience on an earthquake shaking table is located at the UC San Diego Englekirk Structural Engineering Center.

Shaken Not Stirred: Tallest Mass-Timber Shake-Table Test

Sarah Amelar

May 16, 2023

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A 10-story mass-timber tower designed by LEVER Architecture in collaboration with several university and industry partners withstood a recent seismic resiliency test at UCSD's Englekirk Structural Engineering Center.

Mass-Timber Exhibition, installation view

Mass-Timber Exhibition in Chicago Barks Up the Right Tree

Review: ‘REFRAMED: The Future of Cities in Wood’ at the Chicago Architecture Center through October 2023

James Gauer

May 10, 2023

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A new exhibition at the Chicago Architecture Center showcases an array of technologies and designs seeking to go beyond minimizing the negative environmental impact of construction.