WoodWorks, an initiative of the Wood Products Council, will announce the winners of its 2015 Wood Design Awards at the Bay Area Wood Solutions Fair in Oakland, CA on January 27, 2015.
Continued advances in cross laminated timber (CLT) and wood framing techniques now make wood high-rises practical. A key enabling technology are adhesives.
Architect Michael Green at a TED conference advocates wood highrise buildings. wood. It's not only possible to build safe wooden structures up to 30 stories tall, it's necessary.