Interesting art piece that combines wood, space and urban design: Migrating Landscapes brings wood city to Toronto
Category: Timber Engineering
Everything related to the beauty of designing and building with wood: Wood architecture, timber engineering, art, wood in history, etc.
Exciting News: New Standard for Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Approved by ANSI
A standard has finally been approved for CLT (Cross-Laminated Timber), a new structural wood product that can be used either as a wall or as a slab. From the APA press release: ANSI/APA PRG 320-2011 Standard for Performance-Rated Cross-Laminated Timber, a new standard for cross-laminated timber (CLT), was approved for publication last month by by […] Read more..
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2012!
Now that the holidays are almost here… I wish you all a joyful and peaceful time. Wherever you are and whatever you celebrate, enjoy time with your family, rest, relax, take some time off and recharge. All the best for the new year. See you in 2012!
Melting wood
Some amazing wood carvings of “melting” wood: “SOUS TITRE” EXHIBITION / DURAMEN SERIAL on the Behance Network
Wood – nature’s stroke of genius
Great promotional video on why using wood is indeed good for the environment: (via Go Wood)
How long does it take to grow a hotel?
Admittedly this is a bit of a strange question to ask. However, when you are considering using wood products in your buildings, this question might come up in discussions – especially when clients think about resource depletion issues. As it turns out, the entire amount of wood required for a 50,000 s.f. hotel in the […] Read more..
A bad year for trees around here
Although the year is by no means over at the time of this posting (November 1st), I am sincerely hoping that this is the extent of tree damage that we’ll see around here (in Western Massachusetts) in 2011. Compared to past years, it surely has been a bad year for (particularly urban) trees. This post […] Read more..