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Concrete
The Cascading Timber Roof of the Bloomberg Student Center
Complex mass timber interacts with a transparent envelope.
September 1, 2026
Steel
Lessons from Bowstring Truss Failures in Chicago
Modern design tools and methods help structural engineers reinforce and repair bowstring truss buildings.
September 1, 2026
Mass Timber
Sponsored Post: Connection Innovation for the Next Generation of Mass Timber Construction
Mass timber has become one of the most important developments in modern structural engineering. Cross-laminated timber, glulam, mass plywood panels and hybrid timber systems help project teams deliver buildings that are lighter, faster to erect and more carbon-conscious than many […]
September 1, 2026
Mass Timber
Carbon Logistics
Amazon’s DII5 delivery station and logistics facility is a breakthrough in industrial mass timber construction.
July 1, 2026
Mass Timber
WARP 10: Structural Design of a cGMP Manufacturing Facility Using Mass Timber
In Star Trek, Warp 10 represents the theoretical speed limit of the universe. United Therapeutics (UT) adopted the name for its newest North Carolina project, WARP10, signaling an ambition to push the boundaries of sustainable design and construction.
June 2, 2026
Wood
Design That Disappears, Strength That Endures
Three 75-foot curved timber beams distinguish one of the newest exhibits at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo.
May 1, 2026
Wood
The Skeleton Behind the Spirit: The House That Stitzel Built
Maintaining the structural integrity of historic American barrel-aging warehouses requires care, creativity, knowledge, and experience.
May 1, 2026
Mass Timber
Mass Plywood’s Future in Warehouse Construction
An outside-the-box design demonstrates that mass timber, in this case mass plywood, provides an aesthetically pleasing, cost effective, carbon sequestering, and thermally efficient alternative for warehouses and other big box buildings.
May 1, 2026
Wood
Hybrid Vision
How timber, steel, and concrete built a world-class engineering institute and advanced Princeton University’s campus sustainability goals.
May 1, 2026
Wood
Successfully Incorporating Structural Components Into Your Project for Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses
A recently updated guide helps structural engineers navigate the design process and roles and responsibilities when it comes to premanufactured metal plate connected wood trusses.
May 1, 2026
Wood
Reuse of Timber Screws for Lifting: From Jobsite Practice to Verified Reuse
Reuse of screws is already occurring in the field. The critical question is not whether reuse happens, but whether it can be made measurably safe.
May 1, 2026
Concrete
Princeton University’s Art Museum
Structural steel, exposed concrete, and mass timber converge to realize the Museum’s interlocking pavilion design.
April 1, 2026