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This student housing is the largest Passive House-certified building in the Southern Hemisphere

At nearly 70,000 square feet, Gillies Hall at Monash University in Australia has become the country’s largest...

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Green-roofed CLT classrooms immerse children in nature

After transforming a historic castle into a secondary school for the Groenendaal College, Antwerp architectural...

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LEED Platinum Co|Lab Building brings first-ever CLT structure to Virginia

Earlier this summer, William McDonough + Partners and HITT Contracting officially opened Co|Lab, an innovative...

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Prefab housing pods pop up with speed at Dyson Institute’s modular village

The future of student housing may mean greater energy efficiency, faster construction times, and less waste if...

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Sustainable timber house in the UK is a modernist’s dream

When it came time for London-based architect Catja de Haas to build her own home outside of the city, her first...

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Playful gable-roofed home in Atlanta champions the power of CLT

Jennifer Bonner, architectural designer and director of MALL, has completed Haus Gables, a new ground-up residential...

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A prefabricated timber facade envelops a gorgeous glass home on a Norwegian island

Oslo-based firm Atelier Oslo has created a beautiful home for a pair of artists who wanted to enjoy a peaceful...

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Peek inside the tallest cross-laminated timber building in the US

Portland, one of the leading cities for sustainability initiatives in the U.S., is now home to the nation’s tallest...

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RIBA crowns Children Village in Brazil as the world’s best new building

On the edge of a rainforest in northern Brazil, a recently built school complex by Brazilian architecture firms...

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Long Lodge is an elegant and sustainable mass timber retreat proposal in the woods

Mass timber construction is growing more popular thanks to efforts like the 2018 Maine Mass Timber Competition,...

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Wooden skyscraper city proposed for Stockholm’s most eco-friendly neighborhood

When Anders Berensson Architects was tapped by the Stockholm Center Party to design a new Stockholm neighborhood...

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Prefab open-air theater pops up with speed in a London park

Completed in just seven months, the Regent’s Park Open Air Theater in central London is yet another example of...

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A prefab chapel’s sculptural form amplifies the landscape in Uruguay

Perched on a hilltop in a bucolic rural landscape in Uruguay, the Sacromonte Chapel is a minimalist, prefabricated...

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Yale architecture students designed and built this handsome home for the homeless

Since 1967, first-year Yale architecture students have designed and built buildings to better the community —...

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Architecture students build a tiny CLT classroom in just 3 weeks

A team of 13 University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) architecture students designed and built Emerge, a tiny timber...

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Green-roofed office is the first large-scale CLT structure in southeast Europe

Instead of concrete or metal, this striking eco-friendly office building in Romania features a sturdy timber skeleton...

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Prefab CLT pavilion cleverly encourages dialogue at a Vancouver TED conference

An experimental pavilion popped up by the waters of downtown Vancouver for the TED2017 conference. Selected as...

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Nation’s first large-scale mass timber residence hall breaks ground in Arkansas

Cross-laminated timber may finally be having its heyday in the United States. The nation’s first large-scale...

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Skinny micro-apartment can pop up in a parking space in just one day

Living in an apartment with the footprint of a parking space may seem improbable and uncomfortable, but the chic...

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Trees to grow on the balconies of Penda’s timber high-rise in Toronto

A new kind of “vertical forest” has been envisioned for Toronto where trees would grow on every balcony. Architecture...

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Light-filled cancer center harnesses the healing power of nature

The healing powers of nature have been put to good use in the recently completed Maggie’s Oldham. London-based...

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Nation’s tallest timber building to rise in Portland

The nation’s tallest wooden high-rise will soon take shape in Portland, Oregon. Funded by a $1.5 million-dollar...

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Office with arched openings shows off the beauty of cross-laminated timber

Increasing numbers of architects are celebrating the strength, beauty, and sustainable properties of cross-laminated...

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Designers float plan to cover Toronto’s CN Tower with clip-on condos

CN Tower in Toronto, Canada once held the title of world's tallest freestanding structure until China's Canton...

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Taiwan’s first CLT building paves way to greener alternatives to concrete and steel

Taiwan’s first-ever cross-laminated timber (CLT) building has risen in Taichung’s concrete jungle—an impressive...

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World’s largest cross-laminated timber residential project will take root in Montreal

Located in Griffintown in the heart of Montreal’s Innovation District, the 597,560-square-foot planned Arbora...

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Grow Your Own City Proposes a Modular CLT Housing Development for Red Hook, Brooklyn

Benjamin Bye, Alex Kenton, and Jason Rood from the University of Oregon won first place for their proposal, Grow...

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