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Editor's note: The 10th annual Cotton Mill Open Studio and Holiday Sale will be held Friday, Dec. 5, to Sunday, Dec. 7, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Many of the artists, artisans and businesses who call the ...

Building structures out of wood doesn’t seem like a particularly innovative idea—people have been building wood houses for centuries. But when it comes to new efforts to be sustainable, all-timber ...

PITTSFIELD — In May 1965, John Sobon, piloting a 60-foot crane, ripped into a North Adams apartment building, bringing a century-old timber frame structure to the ground. In a period marked by postwar ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Construction workers secure an engineered wood column onto the deck of the 12th floor of the ...

Timber-frame construction puts gravity and lateral loads into fewer, larger members. It relies on exposed beams and open spans as defining architectural features. That differs from conventional wood ...

Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) was initially developed in Europe as an alternative to stone, masonry and concrete construction. It is essentially mass timber plates made from smaller framing lumber ...

Developer Thrive Construct recently announced the world’s tallest steel-timber hotel to be built at Victoria Square, Adelaide. Australia has caught onto the trend of building taller in timber, with ...