Described in October 2022 as the crown jewel of the massive $2 billion dollar expansion of the Portland International Airport, the 9-acre mass timber roof, which has been under construction since last year in a remote corner of the airfield, has been installed.
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LEVER Architecture’s Mass Timber Design Selected for Portland Museum of Art Expansion
Among a total of 104 worldwide entries, LEVER Architecture’s mass timber design has been selected over three other international semifinalist teams to design an expansion of the Portland Museum of Art in Maine’s largest City.
Construction is Underway on the University of British Columbia’s Mass Timber Gateway Building
Construction is underway at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) $180 million (CAD) Gateway Building. The six-story, 267,000 square-foot mass timber building is intended to be the “principal point of entry” to the UBC campus.
Swinerton Building the First U.S. Middle-Income Housing Community Made Entirely from CLT
The intersection of Union & 14th Street in Seattle is the home of a 134-unit middle-income affordable housing community built […]
New Cross-Laminated Timber Hotel Opens on Danish Island of Bornholm
The Green Solutions House 2.0, a hotel on the Danish Island of Bornholm, has timber providing almost all of the building fabric. The modular building consists of a structural frame of cross-laminated timber (CLT), and exterior of timber boards and a layer of wood fiber insulation.
UC San Diego to Test 10-Story Wooden Tower’s Ability to Withstand Earthquakes
Engineers are putting the finishing touches on a 10-story wood tower at UC San Diego’s outdoor earthquake simulator located in Scripps Ranch. When completed the building will undergo violent shaking to see how well tall timber structures can handle quakes and other natural disasters.
“T3 Collingwood” Will be One of Melbourne’s Tallest Hybrid Mass Timber Buildings
The Melbourne, Australia, suburb of Collingwood will soon be home to a hybrid timber tower. Designed by Jackson Clements Burrows (JCB), the sustainable commercial office will comprise of 15 stories, including 10 levels of timber tower.
The University of Idaho’s New Basketball Arena Wins “Intermountain Project of the Year”
The University of Idaho needed a new home for its basketball program. As the projected advanced, “local forest industry partners pushed the university leadership to think about something different from the normal concrete and steel approach.”
Denver’s Tallest Mass Timber Building Scheduled to Break Ground in July 2023
“Return to Form,” a new 12-story mass timber building located in Denver, is scheduled to break ground in July 2023. The mass timber will be made from Douglas Fir harvest in the Pacific Northwest and the building is being designed so that walls and ceilings are exposed wood.
Stora Enso and Voodin Blade Technology Announce Partnership to Develop Sustainable Wind Turbine Blades
Stora Enso and Voodin Blade Technology, a German-based startup, announced on Tuesday that they have signed a partnership agreement to develop sustainable wind turbine blades made of wood using Stora Enso’s LVL, a mass timber product.