Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A material that’s been around since people built shelters – wood – is increasingly being proposed for low- and mid-rise buildings.

Multifamily housing is an active part of design and construction activity across the U.S. Steel, concrete and masonry typically come to mind as structural materials; in recent years wood construction ...

A material that’s been around since people built shelters—wood—is increasingly being proposed for low- and mid-rise buildings. As an economist who studies forestry and natural resources, I took an ...

In the ongoing discourse that surrounds fire safety standards, allowing single-exit stairwells for mid-rise buildings has emerged as a contentious issue. Advocates argue for adopting this approach to ...

When the first skyscraper was built in Chicago in 1885 — a modest ten storeys — people were afraid to walk under the steel-framed building, fearing it would collapse. Today, as towers made of wood go ...