Mass timber “definitely not the right way to go” says Benjamin Kromoser
This post was originally published on this site Mass timber will not become a mainstream building product because it uses too much wood, construction material…
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Fire safety expert “extremely concerned” about mass-timber buildings
This post was originally published on this site World-leading fire safety expert José Torero has told Dezeen he is “extremely concerned” about mass-timber buildings being…
Are mass-timber buildings a fire safety risk?
This post was originally published on this site Architects enthusiastic about mass timber must improve their understanding of fire safety or risk disaster, experts tell…
“Forests could be at the heart of our society again” says Joe Giddings
This post was originally published on this site We should be aiming for the future depicted in the Timber Revolution logo with a combination of…
“Timber alone cannot get us out of this mess”
This post was originally published on this site Concrete as well as timber will be required to address the twin challenges of averting climate disaster…
“At first we were definitely making concrete buildings out of timber” says Andrew Waugh
This post was originally published on this site Architects working with mass timber must stop seeking to emulate concrete buildings by focusing on height and…
BTZ laboratory at TU Graz was the early home of mass-timber research
This post was originally published on this site Next in our Timber Revolution series, we profile a university laboratory by Austrian studio Nussmüller Architekten that…
The dawn of the Timber Revolution
This post was originally published on this site Dezeen’s latest series investigates the potential of mass timber. Starting today, Timber Revolution will question whether the…
“We can’t detox our built environment by swapping out fossil-fuelled building materials for timber”
This post was originally published on this site The way we build must fundamentally shift to harmonise with tree and carbon cycles in order to…
“Timber is being abused” says architect Hermann Kaufmann
This post was originally published on this site Sloppiness and misinformation are threatening to prevent large-scale wood construction from reaching its full potential, argues Hermann…