The increasing threat of climate change has more and more building owners and homebuyers considering the sustainability of their structures and the role construction plays in global warming and use of ...

New technology in digital building, particularly Computer Numerical Control (CNC) systems, are changing the way that we design and build wooden structures. Their high level of precision allows us to ...

Achim Menges uses computer-guided techniques designed to make buildings more sustainable and affordable. Humanity has long sought to tame wood into something more predictable. Sawmills manufacture ...

A group of Swiss engineers has developed a new construction method that uses robotic arms to fabricate and assemble wooden parts into geometrically complex buildings. These buildings are so complex, ...

More architects are turning to wood to build their structures and make them more sustainable. In Sweden, a $110 million center was built as a proof of concept for this. Other architects in Sweden are ...

Multifamily housing is an active part of design and construction activity across the U.S. Steel, concrete and masonry typically come to mind as structural materials; in recent years wood construction ...

The modern industrial era was literally built on steel and concrete, readily available materials that gave buildings the strength to stretch hundreds of stories into the sky. Unlike wood, steel and ...

St. Louis' turn-of-the-century brick buildings are full of massive beams from old-growth forests. Kyle Howerton, a principal with St. Louis-based developer AHM Group, is working on a new high rise ...

Builders in Oregon will break ground early next year on this country's tallest building made primarily of wood. The 12-story, 60-unit apartment complex in Portland called Framework is part of a ...