Embracing the mass timber revolution
Mass timber construction speeds up schedules, reduces carbon footprints and enhances aesthetic appeal.

By STEVE CLEM AND DEAN LEWIS
Skanska USA Building

Concrete can be part of your sustainability equation
Design and material choices can cut your project's embodied carbon without reducing building safety or functionality.

By JACKIE SEMPEL and LAURA LINDEMAN
Coughlin Porter Lundeen

UM looks to mass timber to mark
forestry heritage -- and future
A low-carbon structural design aims to inspire the next generation of students, and bolster the state's timber industry.

By TODD STINE, RYAN CHENG AND JACOB DUNN
ZGF Architects

Setting a new sustainability standard for affordable housing
Lessons learned from the initial phase of the Exemplary Buildings Program help normalize a cost-effective, high-performance standard.

By BECKY BICKNELL and DAVID REDD
Special to the Journal

Reshaping sustainable design with mass timber
Designers look to hybrid structural approaches, close design coordination and increased residential application.

By CODY LODI AND BRITTANY PORTER
Weber Thompson

An earth-sheltered form fit for weather extremes
Methow Valley common house relies on Passive House principles, superinsulation, advanced air sealing, cross-laminated timber panels and a green roof to meet sustainability goals.

By MATT HUTCHINS
CAST Architecture

Mass timber building spotlights Washington's roots
New Olympia capitol campus building showcases salvaged lumber, celebrates Douglas fir and includes world's first all non-toxic acoustic system.

By NICK CLESI, CHRIS HELLSTERN AND GABRIELLE PETERSON
Miller Hull

The design logic of decarbonization
Architects and engineers should approach their work as an essential instrument of change.

By PATRICK DONNELLY
Integrus