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“Timber House is the first mass-timber condo building in the city, perhaps the state,"

NEW YORK - From the street, 670 Union Street looks like one in a line of brick buildings on a tree-lined block in Brooklyn. But inside, exposed timber beams, columns and floorboards make it clear this 14-apartment condominium is no typical New York City building. "Timber House is the first mass-timber condo building in the city, perhaps the state," Eric...

From the street, 670 Union Street looks like one in a line of brick buildings on a tree-lined block in Brooklyn.

From the street, 670 Union Street looks like one in a line of brick buildings on a tree-lined block in Brooklyn.

By Christine Kiernan NEW YORK (Reuters) - From the street, 670 Union Street looks like one in a line of brick buildings on a tree-lined block in Brook...

By Christine Kiernan NEW YORK (Reuters) - From the street, 670 Union Street looks like one in a line of brick buildings on a tree-lined block in Brook...

By Christine Kiernan NEW YORK (Reuters) - From the street, 670 Union Street looks like one in a line of brick buildings on a tree-lined block in Brook...

PHOENIX, Ill. -- Sterling Structural, a division of Sterling Site Access Solutions, LLC, announced its cross-laminated timber (CLT) product line, sold under the TerraLam trade name, has been certified to the PRG 320 – 2019 (PRG 320) performance standard by the International Code Council – Evaluation Service (ICC-ES).

Vishaan Chakrabarti of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism says high-density, low-rise housing is a way to respond to population growth.

With 65% of U.S. municipalities not adhering to modern building codes, these states could prevent the most losses by updating their properties.