Swedish start-up Modvion has successfully completed the world’s tallest wood wind turbine, reaching an impressive height of 150 meters (492 feet), the BBC reported.
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Blueprint Robotics Opens New European Office in Herefordshire, UK
Blueprint Robotics is opening a new office for its new European team of four design engineers in Herefordshire, UK, according to Your Herefordshire.
Maine’s Bowdoin College Incorporates the State’s “Working Forest” Identity Into a Pair of New Mass Timber Buildings
HGA has unveiled for the first time a new mass timber project that was completed earlier this year at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, according to a feature by Archinect.
Proposed Building Code Changes in BC Will Expand Mass Timber to Taller Buildings
British Columbia’s Minster of Housing announced that proposed changes to the BC building code will expand the use of mass timber to build taller buildings.
Trinity University Completes San Antonio’s First Mass Timber Higher Education Building
ENRTexas&Louisiana has featured a new, 40,000-square-foot mass timber facility at San Antonio’s Trinity University.
Prolam Breathes New Life Into 80-Year-Old Motueka, New Zealand, Sawmill
Prolam has purchased an 80-year-old sawmill in Motueka, New Zealand, which had been closed since 2017 by its original owner.
Stora Enso Celebrates the Opening of Wooden Architectural Landmark in Stockholm, Sweden
Stora Enso is celebrating the opening of a wooden architectural landmark building in the courtyard of Sweden’s National Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, the company announced.
3D Printing and Mass Timber Join Forces to Create Apartment Building in Germany
Archinect recently profiled PERI 3D Construction, a German company collaborating with COBOD on the “first 3D-printed social housing apartment building in Germany and Europe.”
Single-Span Timber Arch Aircraft Hangar in New Zealand Sets Record in Southern Hemisphere
Studio Pacific Architecture’s new flagship hangar being built for Air New Zealand will be the largest single-span timber arch aircraft hangar in the southern hemisphere, according to ArchitectureNow.
Maine Senator Asks US Government to Consider Mass Timber in All New and Renovated Federal Buildings
Senator King is asking the General Services Administration to integrate mass timber into the procurement process for the construction and renovation of federal buildings, Maine Public Radio reported (11-19-23).