by Web Editor | Aug 10, 2015 | News
Cross laminated timbers are being used in mass quantities for the tallest wood building so far: a 121-unit, 10-story apartment complex in London. Architects Waugh Thistleton, CLT engineers Ramboll and developer Regal Homes, says the most exciting aspect of the...
by Web Editor | Jul 31, 2015 | News
Developer Hines has broken ground in Minneapolis’ North Loop on its all-timber office building, the first commercial property in the U.S. to use an engineered wood material for its interior and structure. The Houston-based real estate company announced Monday...
by Web Editor | Mar 4, 2015 | News
Last November, the Hines development company unveiled plans for a new office building in the North Loop section of Minneapolis. Seems like ordinary news, except that the building would be the first of its kind in the U.S to be made primarily of wood. The builders...
by Web Editor | Nov 7, 2014 | News
A competition run by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering a $2 million prize for new design ideas that will allow taller wood structures to be built in the country. The Tall Wood Building Prize Competition, supported by the Softwood Lumber...
