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Will New York Embrace The Wood Building Movement?

In some ways, a wooden condominium tower planned for Chelsea has roots in an 18th-century barn. Chris Sharples, a principal at SHoP Architects, remembers the barn as one of his first encounters with architecture, at his childhood home in Pennsylvania’s Chester County....

Timber’s Transformation: An Old Building Material Is Reborn

Timber’s Transformation: An Old Building Material Is Reborn We ask: If the 19th century modern building material technology was associated with steel and the 20th century with concrete, could the 21st be the century of “MCT,” mass construction timber? Wood, one of the...