A couple years back, “black timber on the outside” felt like something you’d only spot in a glossy architecture mag. Now? You ...

Modern architecture doesn’t have to be chilly and stark. Just ask the master builders who now use wood to warm things up. In a new book, “100 Contemporary Wood Buildings” (Taschen, $59.99), writer ...

Thermal modification is a wood treatment process involving exposure to high temperatures in kilns, reducing moisture content to nearly 0%. This eliminates bonding water and free water within wood ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. There are three subjects that I write about often on ...

There is a global race to build the tallest wooden skyscraper. The record was held by Mjostarnet, an 85-metre tower on the shore of Lake Mjosa in Norway, which hosts flats, a hotel and a swimming pool ...

Simpson Strong-Tie has introduced three new connections for mass timber glulam columns, each offering a concealed connection ...

Why natural materials are back at the heart of retail design Walk into a thoughtfully designed store and you feel it before ...

The nation’s largest timber building has officially opened its doors in Minneapolis. Designed by Vancouver-based Michael Green Architecture and Architect-of-Record DLR Group, the seven-story tower is ...

If you haven’t tired yet of the blackened timber trend, feast your eyes on this modern retreat that’s backed up on a forested hillside in Quebec, Canada. Montreal-based studio Atelier General designed ...

Modern architecture is the architectural style that dominated the Western world between the 1930s and the 1960s and was characterized by an analytical and functional approach to building design.