Not so long ago, it was exceptionally rare to see timber buildings more than six stories tall. But new engineered wood technologies like cross-laminated timber (CLT), glued laminated wood (gluluam), ...

At Facades+ Toronto on September 26, hosted by AN with Diamond Schmitt, a roundtable brought together David Bowick of Blackwell Structural Engineers, Judith Martin from the City of Toronto, and Kevin ...

The operating life and life span of buildings are often far apart. If a property is no longer fit for purpose, it is usually demolished even though it would still be perfectly usable. Even in the ...

At the University of Toronto, just across the street from the football stadium, workers are putting up a 14-story building with space for classrooms and faculty offices. What’s unusual is how they’re ...

Can mass timber compete in large public venues? Engineers of the Freedom Mobile Arch in British Columbia say it's possible.

Buildings are static. They serve the purpose they have been designed for. But when cities grow and the needs of the community change, this becomes a problem. Modular construction with engineered wood ...

Outside Basel, Switzerland, Herzog & de Meuron has completed HORTUS, a project the firm has dubbed a “radically sustainable office building.” It was designed for tech companies and constructed using ...