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Joined by a music school building, Hollaway Studio’s elliptical Centenary Hall at Benenden School hosts touring orchestras, student gatherings, and summer music camps.

Mass timber has become popular in parts of the Pacific Northwest

The small museum defers to its urban context while asserting its own identity.

An outdated modernist office building is spruced up for the 21st century.

Recently announced by Atrium Ljungberg, construction is expected to begin in 2025

In-process, completed, and on-the-boards projects featuring wood, including housing, office towers, museums, and academic buildings from Europe and North America.

The Sierra Institute and atelierjones propose the use of fire-hardened, cross-laminated timber to replace the nearly 600 Greenville homes destroyed by Californias Dixie Wildfire in 2021.

This issue takes a closer look at the next wave of wood construction, and a next wave of young architects with the 2023 Design Vanguard.

Architects grapple with the carbon impacts and benefits of building in wood.

This months special section examines timber construction, including strategies for sustainable sourcing, policies facilitating the material’s use, and engineering innovations accommodating unexpected typologies and unique locations.