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The billion-dollar mass-timber industry is quietly emerging as sustainable solution to construction industry pollution. But the material remains heavily regulated, particularly in New York City.

WoodWorks has announced the winners of the 2023 Wood Design Awards, an annual showcase of the industry’s most inspiring applications of mass timber and wood in building designs across the United States. A total of 22 projects were selected in ten categories by a jury panel that included Hacker...

Creating tall mass-timber buildings should not be the industry's sole motivation for using wood, argues Nikken Sekkei architect Hajime Aoyagi.

A Timber Revolution requires us to focus on minimising mass-timber structures' raw-material use, writes Maximilian Pramreiter.

Hariri Pontarini Architects’ amended design for the already-underway SkyTower could become Toronto’s first triple-digit-story supertall, equaling the height of the CN Tower’s observation deck. Anson Kwook, a VP of marketing for the developer said it would also add a “piece of artwork” to...

The 96-meter-tall structure is expected to become the highest of its kind in the world, as well as a “a widely visible new landmark for Zanzibar and beyond.” 06.10.2022, Sputnik International

EQS-News: CPS Zanzibar Limited / Key word(s): Miscellaneous CPS Zanzibar Limited: World’s tallest timber apartment tower to be built in Zanzibar 04.10.2022 / 07:00 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. World’s tallest timber apartment tower to be built i...

28-storey Burj Zanzibar would be Africa’s first sustainable high-rise ZANZIBAR, TANZANIA - EQS Newswire - 4 October 2022 - The Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar is planning the highest green building in the world, a 28-storey apartment tower designed in hybrid timber technology. Named Burj Zanzibar - "burj" meaning tower in Arabic - the spectacular high-rise is designed to reach...

The Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar is planning the highest green building in the world, a 28-storey apartment tower designed in hybrid timber technology.

Chicago’s steel-framed architectural identity may be about to change thanks to the reintroduction of mass timber as the primary building material in a new 9-story tower designed by local studio Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture for developer Sterling Bay. Noted in a report from...