Category: Timber Engineering

Everything related to the beauty of designing and building with wood: Wood architecture, timber engineering, art, wood in history, etc.

Fire-resistance of Cross-Laminated Timber

Posted on (Updated: February 18, 2017) by Alex Schreyer

  Canadian researchers recently put Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), a somewhat new building product, to the test to determine fire-resistance properties. Their findings were: The tests demonstrated that CLT assemblies can achieve significant fire resistance that is close to three hours in some cases with even unprotected CLT under full loading conditions. The failure modes were […] Read more..

My SketchUp Book is Out!

Posted on (Updated: August 8, 2016) by Alex Schreyer

This is an exciting week! My book “Architectural Design with SketchUp” is now available from all of the online booksellers and should be in stores soon, too. After a year of writing and a few months editing and finalizing, it feels really good to see the final product now on store shelves and on Amazon’s […] Read more..

Wood design at the Oktoberfest

Posted on (Updated: February 18, 2017) by Alex Schreyer

If you thought the Oktoberfest in Munich (Germany) was all about beer, think again. The agricultural fair that accompanies the Fest has a little gem this year for anyone interested in forests and wood design. Envisioned by Architecture students from the TU Munich (the Technical University) and fabricated by carpentry students from the vocational school in […] Read more..

10-Story CLT Buiding in Melbourne, Australia

Posted on (Updated: February 18, 2017) by Alex Schreyer

Adding to my earlier post about tall building in wood, the articles linked below give some information about the 10-story residential building that is currently going up in Melbourne, Australia. As just reported, this latest addition to the “build high in wood” trend has now received the last wall panels. World’s tallest timber building ‘tops out’ […] Read more..