A team of scientists at China’s Nanjing University has developed a technique for increasing the strength of wood by removing the hollow tubes that run through its cellulose structure.  Called…

Microsoft is building a data centre with some cross-laminated timber (CLT) as it tries to become carbon-negative by 2030. The demonstration project in northern Virginia will aim to use enough…

The mould found on exterior and interior walls at the mass timber Gaia building at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is not caused by its timber, but is rather an…

Mould is growing on the walls of Asia’s largest timber building – the six-storey Gaia building at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) – raising questions about the use of imported…

Portland International Airport (PDX) has doubled its capacity by expanding its main passenger terminal, with the help of a 9 acre timber roof. The expansion will allow Oregon’s largest airport…

The City of Milwaukee has unveiled plans for a $700m downtown development which it says “could include” the tallest mass timber tower in the world and the tallest building in…

The historic Botanic Garden in the Belgian municipality of Meise has unveiled a hyperboloid visitor pavilion designed by Gent-based practice NU Architectuuratelier. The 2,300-sq-m building is constructed using Kebony modified…

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Maine have unveiled a 3D-printed, recyclable, natural-material floor cassette they say is strong enough…

Contrary to common belief, it’s a big oversimplification to say “material X is more sustainable than material Y”, our research suggests. It was conducted using a state-of-the-art, AI-powered conceptual design…

A Dutch consortium has won a design competition for the Wisperweide school in Weesp, a city southwest of Amsterdam. This will be the first in a series of up to…

Swedish developer Atrium Ljungberg plans to build what it says will be the world’s largest wooden city in Sickla, a former industrial quarter in southern Stockholm. Set on 250,000 sq…

After just seven months on site, work is nearly finished on a high-rise apartment building in Oakland, California that the developer calls the “tallest beamless mass plywood panel structure in…

The Circlewood consortium, a collective of architects, engineers, builders and researchers, has designed a modular building concept that will act as the basis for up to 30 schools in Amsterdam.…

Finnish wood supplier Stora Enso has teamed up with German start-up Voodin Blades to develop wooden blades for wind turbines. They say it’ll be a sustainable alternative to conventional blades,…