Mass Timber + Wood Construction Blog
Inside our grain brains.
Select topics that apply and we’ll cross reference our library to show you what we have.
Type
-
Is Your Practice Ready to Design With Mass Timber?
-
11 Excellent Think Wood CEUs of 2024
-
Top 10 Projects of 2024
-
Demystify Mass Timber Building Insurance with this New Playbook
-
Tiny Triumphs: Three Trend-Setting ADUs That Get the Most Out of Wood
-
New Regional EPDs Offer Radical Transparency on the Sustainability of Wood
-
Top of the Class: 7 Resources for Elevating K-12 Educational Facilities with Wood
-
Less Is More: Engineering for a Smarter Use of Resources
-
Resilience and Adaptability Mark 2024 Wood in Architecture Award Winners
-
Can AI Revolutionize How We Design and Build with Wood?
-
9 Resources for Designing Affordable Housing with Wood
-
A Call to Action on Sustainability
-
9 Excellent Wood-Focused Webinars to Watch
-
Housing the Future with Mass Timber
-
Top 10 Projects of 2023
-
11 Think Wood CEUs of 2023 That You Can’t Miss
-
Your Next Warehouse Might Be Made From Mass Timber
-
How a Modular Builder Makes Prefab Profitable
-
Inspiring Innovation: Competition Winners Showcase Mass Timber’s Versatility
-
Mass Timber Accelerators in Atlanta and NYC Aim to Advance Low-Carbon Construction
-
Developing a Kit of Parts for Mass Timber Projects
-
Mass Timber Tower Withstands Massive Quakes on World’s Largest Shake Table
-
Advancing sustainability with Michigan’s first tall mass timber building
-
Making Development More Equitable and Sustainable
-
How Two Iowa Developers are Combining Affordability, Sustainability, and Mass Timber
-
Trauma-Informed Design + Wood Create Buildings That Heal
-
In Conversation: Carol Ross Barney | Ross Barney Architects
-
In Conversation: Nate Helbach, Managing Partner | The Neutral Project
-
In Conversation: Cody Armbrister, Sr. Managing Director | Crow Holdings
-
How a Timberlab Project Manager Developed Her Mass Timber Expertise
-
In Conversation: Renee Funston, Development Manager | CADA
-
2023 Wood Design Award Winners Embrace Timber’s Potential
-
13 Mass Timber Design Resources You Won’t Want to Miss
-
Everything but the Kitchen Sink—Building the Softwood Kitchen of Your Dreams
-
In Conversation: Aureus Earth
-
70 Years of Designing for People and Place
-
How Prefab Wood Can Make Housing More Affordable
-
Lessons in Redwood Decking: 3 Tips to Maximize Client Satisfaction
-
Student Design Competition Winners Re-envision Healthy Urban Living
-
Challenging Conventional Design
-
Finding Potential in Circumstance
-
Mass Timber Schools: Building for Student and Staff Well-Being
-
Three Wood Projects for a Private Outdoor Sanctuary
-
In Conversation: Chad Yoshinobu, Principal | Gensler
-
Innovating with Timber by Design
-
Getting to Net-Zero: Six Competition Winners to Showcase Low Carbon Mass Timber Design
-
The Future of Mass Timber: 2022 and Beyond
-
In Conversation: Ruth Mandl and Bobby Johnston, Principals | CO Adaptive Architecture
-
Four Wood Renovations to Increase Home Value
-
Cities Take Action For a Net-Zero Carbon Future
-
Making Zero Carbon Homes a Reality
-
NEW! Mass Timber Design Manual, Vol. 2
-
In Conversation: Tim Gokhman, Managing Director | New Land Enterprises
-
2022 Timber Trends: The Year Ahead
-
Home Design Trends That Put Wood Front and Center
-
Five Timber Office Designs Reducing Stress in the American Workplace
-
Mass Timber Connections: Explained
-
2021: Year In Review
-
Five Questions with Fire Resistance Expert, Ken Bland
-
Top 10 CEUs of 2021
-
Mass Timber Durability: Explained
-
In Conversation: Steven Paynter, Office Buildings Leader + Principal at Gensler
-
Five Sustainable Eco Homes Built With Style
-
Stewards of the Land, Faces of the Forest
-
Wood Walls and Ceilings Guaranteed to Wow
-
Speeding Up Construction With Mass Timber
-
Full Circle: Designing and Specifying for End-of-Life
-
Before and After: Wood Renovations for Every Room of the House
-
Challenging Conventional Wisdom
-
In Conversation: Brent Grubb, Principal | Skylab Architecture
-
Five Prototypes Making Housing More Affordable in America
-
In Conversation: Dan Whalen, Developer | INTRO
-
Four Examples of Wood Siding Redefining the Modern Home
-
Mass Timber Insurance: Explained
-
Outside the Box: Modular Multi-Family Designs Are Turning Heads
-
2021 Summer Remodeling Trends
-
10 Questions with Sustainable Forestry Expert, Dr. Edie Sonne Hall
-
Deck Check! Deck Safety Q+A
-
In Conversation: Patricia Layton - Director, Wood Utilization + Design Institute, Clemson University
-
Four Things to Know Before Starting Your Shedquarters Project
-
NEW! 2021 Mass Timber Design Manual
-
In Conversation: Hickok Cole's Tom Corrado + Jason Wright
-
Interior Designer and Tastemaker Shares 2021 Home Design Predictions
-
A Better World Through Design
-
Incredible Biophilic Designs That Will Have You Feeling One with Nature
-
Leading by Design: Six Women Innovating in AEC and Beyond
-
4 Reasons Single-Family Homes Could Be the Next Big Trend in Prefab
-
Understanding the Role of Embodied Carbon in Sustainable Buildings
-
In Conversation: Sue Mosey, Executive Director | Midtown Detroit
-
Carbon Source to Carbon Sink: Redesigning the Built Environment for Climate Change
-
Designing for Density: Redesigning the Built Environment for More People
-
The Architecture of Community: How Participatory Design Builds Connection
-
Top 10 CEUs of 2020
-
Nature and the City: Redesigning the Built Environment for Health and Wellness
-
Three Wood Cabins Perfect for a Fall Escape
-
Wood is Leveling Up to Combat America’s Housing Crunch
-
Why Multifamily Developers Turn to Wood
-
Shiloh Commons Apartments
-
Biophilic Brands: Can Wood and Nature Boost the Bottom Line?
-
Timber Gets Top Marks for Biophilic School Design
-
Timber Tonic: How Wood and Natural Materials Can Transform Healthcare Facility Design
-
Putting Nature to Work: Biophilic Design a Boon for Corporate Culture
-
Wood on Wheels: Interactive Exhibit Showcases Possibilities of Lumber Products
-
How Mass Timber Can Cut Your Construction Costs
-
Home Advantage: Mass Timber a Differentiator for Multi-Family Developers
-
Timber Rivalry: Competition Reimagines NYC Waterfront
-
Wood vs. Composite Decking Cost Comparison
-
Why the Substructure is the Most Critical Part of Any Deck
-
Why Lumber is the Better Environmental Choice Than Composite Decking
-
The Dos and Don’ts to Prepping a Wood Deck for Winter
-
How To Add Stairs To Your Ground-level Deck
-
Build Some Wow: Three Wood Projects by DIY Network’s Jeff Devlin
-
How to Prevent Splinters on a Deck
-
How to Build a Deck
-
How to Maintain Your Deck for Outdoor Entertaining Year-Round
-
How to Build a Tree-Encompassing Deck
-
Affordable Housing
-
Mass Timber a Main Feature to Sidewalk Labs’ Massive Master Plan
-
A Deck for Every House Style
-
How to Install Crown Molding
-
How to Install a V-Groove Pine Ceiling
-
Project Plans for the Ultimate Castle Play Fort
-
4 Things You Need to Know About Wood Maintenance
-
Choosing the Right Wood for Any Job
-
How to Install Exterior Wood Siding
-
How To Install Wainscoting
-
How to Install Coffered Ceilings
-
How to Build a Pergola With Shade
-
Redwood Pergola Transforms A Hollywood Hills Home
-
Why You’ll Want a Pergola and How to Build One
-
How to Add Pattern and Texture Indoors with Wood
-
What Should I Use: Natural Wood or Composite?
-
Outdoor Living in Style: Seven Easy Updates
-
How to Build a Tiered Wood Deck
-
Tall Timber Trends Higher Across North America
-
Four Steps to a Safe Deck for Summer
-
The Annual Deck Check: Three Steps to A Safer Deck
-
Choosing the Perfect Deck and Tips to Build It
-
Choosing a Finish For Your Deck
-
Building a Deck? Why Wood Is a Better Environmental Choice
-
6 Key Requirements for Proper Deck Design
-
4 Myths About Wood Decks
-
Spring to Life: How to Restore a Wood Deck
-
Technology, Transportation and Tall Timber Top of the List for Tenants
-
Wood on the Rise: Top 5 Trends in 2019 for Building with Wood
-
Behind the Scenes at Hampshire College's R.W. Kern Center
-
From Stumptown to Timber City: Portland Could Be Home to Tallest Wood Skyscraper
-
Brewery Blocks: Mass Timber to Give a Boost to Tacoma’s Historic District
-
CLT Blast Tests Show Promising Results for U.S. Army
-
I Can’t Believe It’s Prefab
-
How Timber is Transforming School Design
-
So You Want to Build with Wood
-
Cost Advantages of Building Wood Structures
-
Trail-Blazing What’s Possible with Wood: 4 Made in America Mass Timber Projects
-
Mass Timber Conference Recap: Testing and Research
-
Wood Plays a Critical Role in Transforming Communities
-
Wood Makes the Grade for High-Rise Construction
-
How to Design Commercially Viable Mass Timber Buildings
-
4 Things to Know About Mass Timber
-
The Case for Designing with Nail-Laminated Timber
-
How Four Multi-Story Projects Boosted their Value Using Wood
-
How Wood Can Increase the Density of your Next Multi-Story Project
-
How a Podium Design Can Maximize Value on your Next Multi-Story Project
-
What’s Allowed? How to Maximize Building Heights and Floor Sizes in your Next Multi-Story Project
-
A Natural Choice: Architects Turn to Wood for Greener, Healthier Work Spaces
-
Elevating Design Through Wood
-
Top Wood Trends Disrupting The Industry
-
Fire Safety and Protection: Why Wood Construction Comes Out on Top
-
Designing for Durability: The Advantages of Wood Construction
-
Building Green: Design a Sustainable Future with Wood
-
Seismic Testing: What If Mass Timber Buildings Can Become Earthquake-Proof By Using A New Wood-Based Lateral System?
-
Timber + Concrete Hybrid Structural Systems
-
The Science Behind Dowel-Laminated Timber
-
Glulam Fire Tests Help Provide an "Off The Shelf" Solution
-
How It's Made and the Environmental Impacts: A Comparison of Wood, Steel and Concrete