Jul 30, 20263min
0Wooden Dowels vs Metal Fasteners: A Beginner’s Guide to Timber-Only Connections
May 2026 tests compare wooden-dowel capacity with design models and show where timber-only connections offer circular potential.
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Jul 30, 20264min
0Mass Timber vs Conventional Civic Construction: What 500 County Center Actually Saved
A California civic office earned LEED Platinum in May 2026. Its timber comparison is strongest when schedule, embodied carbon and operational energy stay separate.
Jul 30, 20264min
1Ireland Lays the Groundwork for a “Wood First” Policy in Public Projects
Ireland’s Timber in Construction Steering Group has delivered a seven-point roadmap covering regulation, procurement, carbon, skills and industry capacity. Its proposed “Wood First” approach would make timber the first material considered for public projects—not an automatic choice and not yet a nationwide mandate.
Jul 30, 20263min
0Small Cabins, Big Dreams – Why Timberframe Houses Under 100 m² Are Taking Over
Small cabins, lower costs, big comfort. Why compact timberframe houses are dominating 2025.
Jul 30, 20263min
0Oslo Adds Two Timber Storeys to a 150-Year-Old Building
Øvre Vollgate 11 combines a protected masonry structure with new glulam trusses and mass-timber floors, showing how lightweight prefabrication can unlock urban extensions.
Jul 30, 20263min
0Munich’s 27,500 m² Sun Office Moves Ahead as a Timber Hybrid
Glulam, CLT and timber-concrete ribbed slabs form the structural system of Sun, a large Munich workplace designed around renewable energy and flexible floorplates.
Jul 30, 20263min
0Romania’s nZEB Expo Gives Timber Construction a 352-Square-Metre Platform
At nZEB Expo 2026 in Bucharest, the Wood Hub became the event’s dedicated Timber Partner. The expanded platform connected timber-frame manufacturers, engineered-wood specialists and energy-efficient construction audiences.
Jul 30, 20263min
0Predazzo’s Olympic Village Builds Its Legacy in Timber
The 2026 Winter Games village in Predazzo combines new timber and steel accommodation with renovated historic buildings, then returns the permanent campus to the Guardia di Finanza after the athletes leave.
Jul 30, 20266min
0Romania’s Timber Industry Calls for 25% Wood in Every New Public Building
ASFOR is asking Romania to require wood products to represent at least 25% of the value of each new public building. The 2026 proposal could reshape procurement, but it is an industry position—not an adopted law.
Jul 30, 20265min
0France Wants Timber on the Podium for the 2030 Winter Olympics
The France Bois 2030 mission is turning the French Alps Winter Games into a test of local timber supply, low-carbon procurement and long-term reuse. Launched in 2026, it aims to help project teams specify French wood without repeating avoidable mistakes from Paris 2024.
Jul 30, 20265min
0Norway Leads €4.2 Million Push to Turn Reclaimed Timber into New Buildings
The SINTEF-led ReCLAiMiT project starts in September 2026 with a European research programme for assessing, dismantling and remanufacturing structural timber instead of burning or downcycling it.
Jul 30, 20263min
0Norway Opens €200,000 Call for Zero-Waste Timber Construction Ideas
The NIBIO-coordinated WoodStock project will fund four European teams with up to €50,000 each to test circular products and building systems that use underutilised wood.
Jul 30, 20263min
0Britain Imports Most of Its Timber—Could Homegrown C16 Change the Specification?
The Forestry Commission says roughly 75–80% of the timber consumed in the UK is imported. New 2026 guidance argues that homegrown C16 timber is suitable for many structural applications if it is specified early.
Jul 30, 20263min
0London’s 4 Arbour Street Opens with a Hybrid CLT and Low-Carbon Concrete Structure
The first office building at Brent Cross Town is now open. Its structure combines cross-laminated timber slabs with precast concrete beams and columns, offering a practical case study in hybrid material design.
Jul 29, 20263min
0England’s Future Homes Standard Is Here: Why Timber Frame Could Gain from a Fabric-First Race
England published the Future Homes and Buildings Standards in March 2026. Heat pumps, solar generation and tighter performance rules put envelope quality and repeatable off-site construction under pressure.
Jul 29, 20266min
0Canada puts mass timber inside its 2026 forest-sector reset
A federal transformation task force, new manufacturing investments and a renewed housing-focused wood programme place mass timber and prefabrication inside Canada’s industrial strategy—not just its architecture pages.
Jul 29, 20263min
0Amsterdam’s The Ark Starts Building 125 Apartments With 3,264 m³ of Timber
Seven timber residential levels, exposed wood interiors and more than 3,200 cubic metres of CLT and glulam make The Ark a major urban housing test.
Jul 29, 20263min
0Three Global Studies Redraw the Tall-Timber Map in 2026
New datasets covering 56, 79 and 258 buildings quantify material intensity, structural systems and recurring tower types—replacing isolated records with a broader global picture.
Jul 29, 20263min
0Norway’s SenseWood project wants drones to spot timber façade trouble early
Launched in January 2026, SenseWood combines hyperspectral imaging, microclimate models and digital twins to predict moisture, fungal and fire-protection degradation on timber façades.
Jul 29, 20263min
0Brunssum Builds Eight Storeys of Timber for 39 Social-Rental Homes
De Wilde Tuin uses a CLT core, timber frame and prefabricated façades to place affordable housing and a rain garden on a former petrol-station site.
Jul 29, 20263min
0Under Armour’s Baltimore headquarters turns mass timber into workplace infrastructure
A March 2026 supplier update provides a fresh look at the 280,000 ft² Baltimore campus, where visible CLT and glulam sit alongside geothermal wells, solar power and off-site coordination.
Jul 28, 20262min
0Can Timber Help Europe’s Housing Crisis? EU Projects Target the Skills Gap
Two EU LIFE projects are building the training, local supply chains and practical knowledge needed to use more wood in affordable and social housing.
Jul 28, 20262min
0Austria’s Ybbs Mill Passes One Million Cubic Metres of CLT
Stora Enso reports that its Ybbs mill has delivered one million cubic metres of cross-laminated timber, a major industrial milestone for European mass timber.
Jul 28, 20262min
0USDA Backs Timber Production with $115.2 Million Across Eight States
Federal loan guarantees announced in March 2026 will support sawmills and wood processors while linking rural manufacturing to forest restoration and wildfire risk reduction.
Jul 28, 20262min
0California’s First DLT Producer Turns Underused Trees into Building Panels
Mad River Mass Timber is producing dowel-laminated timber in California, creating a potential market for underused local species without structural adhesives.
Jul 28, 20262min
0Theodore Roosevelt’s Mass Timber Library Opens in the Badlands
Snøhetta’s Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library opens on 4 July 2026 with a mass-timber and steel structure, rammed earth walls and a planted roof.
Jul 28, 20262min
0EUDR Goes Live for Timber in 2026: What the New EU Rules Require
The EU Deforestation Regulation reaches its first application deadline on 30 December 2026, making traceability, geolocation and due diligence central issues for timber supply chains.
Jul 28, 20263min
0BuildSpec Brings Structure, Cost and Carbon into Concept Design
Mercer Mass Timber’s BuildSpec lets project teams test hybrid CLT and cold-formed-steel configurations early, producing preliminary quantities, costs and embodied-carbon estimates before detailed engineering.
Jul 28, 20263min
0SITCA Launches a Global Science–Industry Alliance for Timber Construction
Launched in Vienna in July 2026, the Science and Timber Construction Alliance brings researchers and major companies together to study wood resources, carbon storage and the sustainable expansion of timber buildings.
Jul 28, 20263min
0PEFC Introduces Traceability Certification for Individual Construction Projects
PEFC ST 2102:2026 applies Chain of Custody principles at project level, allowing complex buildings to document certified timber across multiple suppliers, subcontractors and products.
Jul 28, 20263min
0TRÆ Pairs a Timber Tower with Reclaimed Aluminium and Wind-Turbine Blades
The 20-level, 78-metre TRÆ building in Aarhus combines a timber-led hybrid structure with reused façade materials and turbine-blade sunshades, offering a pragmatic model for circular high-rise construction.
Jul 28, 20263min
0California Links Mass Timber Growth to Forest and Wildfire Strategy
California’s first statewide Mass Timber Coalition connects building demand with forest health, wildfire-risk reduction, local CLT and glulam manufacturing, workforce development and regulatory reform.
Jul 28, 20263min
0US Bill Proposes Federal Incentives for Mass Timber Buildings
The Mass Timber Federal Buildings Act of 2026 would create contracting preferences for federal projects using innovative wood products. It could influence public, renovation and military construction, but remains a bill—not adopted law.
Dec 10, 20256min
0Wood vs. Steel: The Exact Calculation of Embodied Carbon Reduction in Mass Timber Structures
A data-driven breakdown of how much carbon mass timber truly saves compared to steel and concrete, backed by real LCAs from award-winning buildings.
Dec 9, 20254min
0Timber Titans: 2025’s Wooden Buildings With Big Personalities
Meet the nurturing mom, the gym-bro tower, and the anxious eco-city starring in 2025’s mass-timber soap opera.
Dec 9, 202510min
0Biophilia in Buildings: How Timber Structures Boost Wellbeing and Productivity
Modern timber buildings don’t just look good—they actively improve how we feel and perform. Discover the science behind biophilia, why real wood changes the brain, and how timber design boosts wellbeing, focus, and recovery.
Dec 9, 20257min
0From Historic Restoration to Contemporary Vision: 5 Wooden Structures That Shape the Future
Five extraordinary wooden projects prove that timber can preserve history, protect ruins, empower communities, and build the future—without losing its soul. Sven and Olaf approve.
Nov 29, 20255min
0Traditional Joinery & Japanese/Scandinavian Influence – The Craft That Gives Soul to a Timberframe
Japanese precision, Scandinavian simplicity, and traditional craftsmanship — the magic inside every soulful timberframe structure.
Nov 28, 20254min
0When Wood Meets Sunlight: Why Timber Frame + Solar Panels Is Becoming the Future of Sustainable Building
Timber frame construction combined with solar panels is rapidly becoming the global standard for sustainable architecture, blending natural materials with renewable energy.