Buildings are a big contributor to global warming, not just in their ongoing operations but in the materials used in their construction. Truss structures — those crisscross arrays of diagonal struts ...
Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow in Engineering Science (Structures & Mechanics), University of Oxford The 2023 Structural Awards, hosted by the Institution of Structural Engineers, has ...
Timber trusses are wooden structural frameworks used to support roofs or other heavy structures. Fabricated from a series of triangles linked by a ridge beam and purlins, wooden trusses are ...
Developer Sterling Bay is set to begin construction of Chicago’s first mass timber building, a nine-story, apartment tower in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. If approved by City Council, the $50 ...
An ambitious $138 million, 51-storey building proposed for South Perth near Perth Zoo known as the “timber tower” faces knockback this week for not having “achieved design excellence”. C6 promises to ...
A new analysis could help architects and builders reduce the carbon footprint of truss structures, the crisscrossing struts that bolster bridges, towers, and buildings. Buildings are a big contributor ...