Fire safety used to sit somewhere near the edge of architectural thinking. It was addressed, documented, approved, and then quietly filed away while design decisions moved on. That approach no longer ...

A new kind of construction with a not-so-new material is taking off in the U.S. Mass timber can replace steel and concrete in large buildings and proponents say it's greener and faster to build with.

For buildings with wooden structural frames, a fire retardant skin can be used to reduce the rate of fire spread. Made of mineral fiber cement, these noncombustible panels can be installed as flashing ...

The cost of building a home is starting to edge up again, with the Quotable Value (QV) CostBuilder’s most recent data showing ...

In the U.S., mass timber has been quickly gaining popularity as a building material—and for good reason. Mass timber can deliver a slew of benefits, chief among them the environmental impact. A ...

When your neighbors include the Menil Collection, Rothko Chapel, and the Houston Center for Photography, the last thing you want is a nondescript office building—especially if you’re an architecture ...

As the material continues to grow in popularity, we take a look at mass-timber apartments, academic buildings and even an ...