Research
01 March 2020
Mass Timber: The New Sustainable Choice for Tall Buildings
Jennifer Cover, WoodWorks
Professionals who work in the realm of tall building design and construction are well aware that high-rises are the best solution for accommodating growing urban...
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30 October 2017
Rethinking CTBUH Height Criteria In the Context of Tall Timber
Robert M. Foster, University of Queensland; Michael H. Ramage, University of Cambridge; Thomas Reynolds, The University of Edinburgh
Recent developments in the design and construction of progressively taller buildings using engineered timber as a structural material raise important questions about the language that...
04 February 2016
New Heights for Renewables: The US Tall Wood Building Competition
Thomas Robinson, LEVER Architecture; Anyeley Hallova, project^; Jeff Spiritos, Spiritos Properties; Michelle Roelofs, Arup
In a continuing effort to support the Obama Administration’s climate strategy, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in partnership with the Softwood Lumber Board...
26 October 2015
A Model Modernization: Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building and GSA’s Mid-Century Inventory
Leslie Shepherd, General Services Administration
Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building (EGWW) is an 18-story federal office designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and constructed in downtown Portland, Oregon, in 1975....
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