Timber

Connecticut Public Radio & CEG - Wed April 24, 2024

VIDEO: Mass Timber Likely a Viable, Less Expensive Solution in Building Many New England Homes

In a remodeled furniture factory-turned-apartment building in New Haven, Conn., the walls and ceiling are all yellow pine, harvested from Alabama. "So here we are, let's come into the bedroom," said developer Jeff Spiritos as he led a Connecticut Public Radio reporter on a recent site visit of the future ACME Timber Lofts structure....

PR News Wire - Tue July 27, 2021

Three California Companies Partner to Launch TimberQuest

Three San Francisco Bay Area construction industry companies have partnered to launch TimberQuest, an innovative, sustainable and highly efficient solution for building cost-effective, prefabricated "mass timber" classrooms for the California K-12 and community college markets....

Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 14, 2020

Vandals' New Digs Will Be 'Game-Changer' for Athletes

After years of planning, the University of Idaho has finally broken ground on a dedicated basketball arena. Scheduled for completion in 2021, the 62,000-sq.-ft. Idaho Central Credit Union Arena will be the new home for Vandals' basketball, regional tournaments, lectures, as well as "small and mid-size" events, other cultural and special events, concerts and conventions, said Guy Esser, project architect of the University....

Giles Lambertson - Mon August 13, 2018

MIT Takes a Closer Look at Wood Construction

Boston's MIT students and researchers are doing their thing. The academic brain-trust at the Massachusetts university has contributed to society's progress in impressive ways and, perhaps, less august ways — the oxymoronic all-terrain wheelchair comes to mind....

Emily Buenzle - Wed April 04, 2018

Video: Robotic Construction Method Makes Fast Work of Timber Modules

Researchers have collaborated to create a new robot that could transform timber construction. The project, Spatial Timber Assemblies, is the product of efforts between three research labs: Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich and ERNE AG Holzbau....

Emily Buenzle - Wed February 21, 2018

World's Tallest Timber Skyscraper Coming to Tokyo

The world's tallest wooden skyscraper is coming to Japan. Japan-based Sumitomo Forestry will create the structure, named W350, with 90 percent wood and 10 percent steel, the South China Morning Post reported....

Emily Buenzle - Wed January 10, 2018

Spiraling Timber Temple to Rise in Nevada Desert

A spiraling timber temple will be built in the Nevada desert for Burning Man 2018. Galaxia, the 65-ft.-wide by 200-ft. tall temporary structure designed by Mamou-Mani Architects, will be made with a series of timber modules twisting to form a spiral, echoing the shape for which the building was named, Inhabitat reported....

Emily Buenzle - Mon November 06, 2017

Could Timber Skyscrapers Be the Future of Construction?

A proposed 80-story beechwood skyscraper could become a pillar of progress for timber construction. Chicago's River Beech project is a joint research venture between Cambridge University, architecture firm Perkins + Will, and structural engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti, Curbed reported....

David Malone - Fri July 14, 2017

University of Idaho Arena Plans to Make Timber a Focal Point

A new $30 million, 4,700-seat sports arena will house several of the University of Idaho's sports programs, including men's and women's basketball and volleyball, when it completes in 2020....