Bjarke Ingels Group designs a mass timber cube structure for the University of Kansas

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and executive architect BNIM have unveiled their design for a new mass timber cube structure called the Makers’ KUbe for the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design. A six-story, 50,000-sf building for learning and collaboration, the light-filled KUbe will house studio and teaching space, 3D-printing and robotic labs, and a ground-level cafe, all organized around a central core.

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Mass Timber

British Columbia changing building code to allow mass timber structures of up to 18 stories

The Canadian Province of British Columbia is updating its building code to expand the use of mass timber in building construction. The code will allow for encapsulated mass-timber construction (EMTC) buildings as tall as 18 stories for residential and office buildings, an increase from the previous 12-story limit.

Industry Research | Apr 4, 2016

AIA: Public-private partnerships could solve nation’s public infrastructure crisis

A new white paper addresses the nation’s $3 trillion public infrastructure crisis and how public private partnerships offer a possible solution.

High-rise Construction | Mar 28, 2016

SOM’s Salt Lake City skyscraper uses innovative structural system to suspend itself over a neighboring building

The hat truss-supported office tower was topped off in January, rising 25 stories above the Salt Lake City streets.

Wood | Mar 28, 2016

Waugh Thistleton designs one of the tallest timber office buildings in London

The nine-story Development House has vertical open spaces for light and air flow.

Building Tech | Mar 1, 2016

Buckling restrained braced frame debuts in the Northeast, at Bronx health center

Faced with building a mid-rise structure on a site with poor soil conditions, a structural engineering team turns to a West Coast favorite—BRBF technology—for a steadying influence.

Structural Materials | Feb 8, 2016

Trim Tex prevents deflection damage in Chicago high-rise retirement center

Trim-Tex Wall Mounted Deflection Bead features a coextruded flexible gasket that compresses under deflection pressure, preventing drywall cracks and blisters.

Great Solutions | Jan 20, 2016

Digitally fabricated concrete formwork pushes the limits of what can be cost-effectively constructed in concrete

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger and CW Keller use 3D modeling and CNC machining to advance concrete construction.

Multifamily Housing | Mark Halverson | Aug 25, 2015

Engineered wood helps meet booming demand for multifamily projects

Multifamily housing starts reached 358,000 in 2014, a 16 percent increase over 2013 and the highest total since 2007

Wood | Apr 26, 2015

Building wood towers: How high is up for timber structures?

The recent push for larger and taller wood structures may seem like an architectural fad. But Building Teams around the world are starting to use more large-scale structural wood systems.

Best in steel construction: 12 projects earn steel industry's top building award

Structural Materials | Mar 30, 2015

12 projects earn structural steel industry's top building award

Calatrava's soaring Innovation Science and Technology Building at Florida Polytechnic University is among the 12 projects honored by the American Institute of Steel Construction in the 2015 IDEAS² awards competition.

Codes and Standards | Feb 18, 2015

Buildings with rocking steel-braced frames are advantageous in earthquakes

Research at Case Western Reserve University has found that buildings that rock during an earthquake and return to plumb would withstand seismic shaking better than structural designs commonly used today in vulnerable zones of California and elsewhere.