Timber is becoming increasingly popular as the most sustainable construction material. But structural timber design is not easy. Currently, floor framing designers produce many possible designs before ...

Earn Your Graduate Certificate in Timber Building Design at One of the Best Structural Engineering Schools in the Nation. Sustainable construction is the use of renewable and recyclable materials in ...

For those who are involved in the design and construction community, it is likely that you have encountered the topic of mass timber construction over the last few years. And for good reason! When ...

For architects, specifiers, and structural engineers, the latest timber software aids in visualization, design, and construction of projects with wood products. These programs integrate seamlessly ...

With one ceremonial shovel swing during a Dec. 12, 2025, groundbreaking ceremony, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is ...

The HSE’s new policy on timber frame construction places responsibility for fire safety within the design phase, warns Geoff Wilkinson As you may have read in the AJ, a firm of architects (Mario ...

The Architectural League’s Emerging Voices award and lecture series spotlight individuals and firms with distinct design “voices” that have the potential to influence the discipline of architecture, ...

Can digital fabrication unlock a new frontier in low-cost timber construction? All signs point to yes in the IBA Timber Prototype House, a micro-architecture project that’s been playfully described as ...

The history of timber construction stretches back as far as the Neolithic period, or potentially even earlier, when humans first began using wood to build shelters from the elements. The appearance of ...