Mass timber

Construction is underway on the $180 million Gateway Building at the University of British Columbia, designed by Perkins&Will and Schmidt Hammer Lassen. Intended as a “principal point of entry” to the UBC campus, the design of the six-story, 267,000-square-foot mass timber building seeks to...

Rugged plateaus and valleys covered in rich forest surrounds the city of Fayetteville. This wealth of wood has shaped the history of the region and a culture of deep-rooted knowledge in timber production. The Anthony Timberlands Center will be a new specialized division of Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design solely dedicated to educating the future experts in wood design. Inspired by the local history, our proposal aims to set global standards for innovative wooden constructions.

As steel and concrete fall to the wayside due to their steep environmental costs, glulam architecture is rising to exciting new heights.

Seattle-based studio LMN Architects has completed Founders Hall, a building with mass-timber structural elements for the University of Washington.

the 9-acre mass timber roof of the portland airport terminal evokes the experience of walking through a pacific northwest forest.

ZGF Architects, along with Barcelona-based firms MIRAG and Double Twist, have designed a net-positive, mass timber center for research on planetary well-being. Located in Barcelona, the Mercat del Peix Research Center will bring together global experts in the experimental sciences, social sciences, and humanities to address challenges related to the future of the planet.

Schools, libraries and gymnasiums are among France's latest public buildings to be designed with natural materials, following a French sustainability law.