News in engineered wood products mass timber

The building will be constructed from a mixture of cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glued laminated timber (glulam).

BC announced $3.3 million (CAD) in funding for a new mass timber training hub located at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). The new funding is part of the StrongerBC: Future Ready Action Plan.

WFAA is highlighting a new seven-story 242,000 square-foot retail and office space building located in Frisco, Texas. It has been dubbed “The Offices at Southstone Yard,” and it is unlike any other building in North Texas.

A modular mass timber construction delivery system has helped to speed up the building of a much-needed child care center in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, according to Daily Commercial News.

The Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation is under construction but has just received two international honors from the World Architecture Festival 2023, according to a press release by the University.

BC announced that it is providing more than $4 million (CAD) for 12 new mass timber demonstration and research projects, building on BC’s global leadership in this area.

A MP for Vancouver Granville, on behalf of Minister of Natural Resources, announced a $3.5 million (CAD) contribution toward the construction of an innovative hybrid mass timber commercial office building.

Archinet News is reporting that De Zwarte Hond, a European design bureau for architecture and urban design, has designed a timber office building for Dutch energy company Alliander.

Central London is set to have the UK’s first mass timber office block, Time Out reports. Being built by Piercy&Co, the new nine-story building is being constructed using 100% renewable energy and is set to be carbon net zero.

Atrium Ljungberg plans to build the world’s largest wooden city in Stockholm, Sweden, according to a feature by Architectural Digest. Construction is expected to begin in 2025, with the first completed buildings in 2027.