Tom Chung, FAIA, LEED AP, Principal with Boston-based architectural design firm Leers Weinzapfel Associates, talks about the latest design trends and innovations in mass timber construction, based on his firm's work on several large-scale mass timber projects, including Adohi Hall at the University of Arkansas and the John W. Olver Design Building at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Chung talks about:
• New design approaches with mass timber (00:34 - 4:42)
• Mass limber supply chain constraints (4:43 - 8:45)
• New innovations in mass timber (8:46 - 12:40)
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