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Is it time to start thinking about wooden industrial buildings?

Industrial buildings are among the best examples of Louis Sullivan‘s famous phrase “form follows function.” Generally, they are functional, efficient buildings,...

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Final round of mass timber demo projects advance BC’s design and construction capabilities, supporting healthy, high-performance buildings

The Mass Timber Demonstration Program (MTDP) is tackling climate change and contributing to a lower impact-built environment in its latest...

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Why More Schools Should Be Built With Wood

For the better part of a decade, B.C.’s schools have featured more innovative, eco-friendly, and flexible designs. Today’s schools are...

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Tutoring with Timber: Using Wood in Schools

How does school design influence the process of teaching and learning? Understanding current educational design trends and methodologies is key...

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Top Marks for Timber: Wood Use in BC Schools 2.0

A new report for school districts, administrators and design professionals explores how wood-built schools can boost students’ well-being, cut carbon,...

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Getting technical and going taller with timber

Designers and developers can take low-carbon timber buildings to new heights with this updated essential resource for tall wood construction...

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Using BIM to deliver low-carbon wood buildings

In the original design for the Sydney Opera House, Jørn Utzon envisioned the shells supported by precast concrete ribs under...

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The biophilic response to wood: Can it promote the well-being of building occupants?

Although the term may seem recent, the concept of biophilia has been used for decades in architecture and design. The...

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New demonstration projects showcase BC’s growing expertise in advanced mass timber construction

The second intake of the Province’s Mass Timber Demonstration Program continues to expand BC’s expertise to advance wood construction, all...

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There is life after demolition: mass timber, circularity and designing for deconstruction

The first Shikinen Sengu was held in the year 690, in the city of Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It consists of...

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How building with wood and natural materials impacts human health

Report summarizes global research on the health impacts of using wood and natural materials in our buildings Wood, Well-being and...

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8 mass timber demonstration projects announced

Mass timber demonstration projects grow BC’s expertise and advance wood construction, all the while boosting local economies and the province’s...

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