The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has released the first-ever set of U.S. recommendations for hybrid steel frames with mass timber floors, according to a news release. Design Guide ...

Faster delivery of buildings isn’t always associated with sustainability benefits or long-term value, but things are changing. An instructive case is in the development of steel structures that not ...

With increasing frequency, design teams are turning to mass timber for its environmental attributes and natural warmth, as well as to speed construction. Sometimes, however, a hybrid structural ...

If all goes according to plan, construction could begin early next year on a 40-story hybrid timber-and-structural-steel office building in Sydney, Australia. If completed as planned in 2025, the high ...

Very few developers have taken a chance on mass timber buildings in New York City. But in Hempstead, Long Island, a charter school has opted to take an unconventional approach and build its new campus ...

Mass-timber-frame enthusiasts extoll the virtues of the structural material not only because it is renewable but also because building with timber is typically speedier, safer, simpler and quieter ...

London-based Moxon Architects and timber engineering specialist Ingenieurbüro Miebach recently completed a sleek, sustainable footbridge in the German town of Balingen, south of Stuttgart. Open to ...

US architecture studio Lever Architecture has renovated a former 1980s warehouse in Los Angeles, placing a new cross-laminated timber and steel office building atop its parking garage foundation. At ...

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is designing a residential tower in Canada tipped to be the largest timber hybrid structure in the world. The building, which will feature a timber frame supported by a ...

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is known for getting creative with cardboard and wood, fashioning low-cost materials into emergency housing and restored cathedrals, just to name a couple of recent ...

When Pritzker Prize–winning architect Shigeru Ban was commissioned to build his first skyscraper in Canada, many predicted the structure would be akin to his other designs around the world: bold and ...