Learn from design examples focused on specific types or aspects of wood buildings, including a five-story wood-frame structure over podium slab, cantilever diaphragm, and timber panelized roof structure (seismic and wind design). Precise, expert answers to wood building-related questions.

The business case studies package analyzes how mass timber creates value across various property sub-types, including multi-family for-rent and for-sale products, student housing, and institutional office.

2023年4月3日 · Starting with a small housing scheme built in rural Austria in the late 1990s and ending with an 87-metre tower completed in the USA last year, the buildings profiled in the series chart the rise...

2021年4月1日 · Reengineered and reimagined, sustainably sourced wood can be harnessed in everything from interior finishes to skyscraper structures. The following selection of durable flooring, sophisticated...

2015年2月18日 · Solid Wood presents a cross-section of case studies that demonstrate how architects, engineers and designers are using novel approaches to challenge conventional notions about wood...

We will analyze case 16.3b consisting of roof deck and rafters, stud walls, continuous (two span) beams, and columns. The standard size of plywood or structural deck panel is 4 ft x 8 ft. The typical orientation is with the long direction with the face grain perpendicular to the rafters or floor joists. (See cross hatching in Figure 16.3.)

2015年10月5日 · Solid Wood provides the first detailed book which allows readers to understand new mass timber/massive wood architecture. It provides: historical context in wood architecture from around the world; a strong environmental rationale for the use of wood in buildings; recent developments in contemporary fire safety and structural issues

2 天之前 · A simple rectangular form was used for the structure. The engineered wood elements were exposed throughout, including the glulam columns that line the parking area, connected to the ground by ...

Solid Wood is an incredibly persuasive argument for mass timber in a global context. The book is divided into two sections; the first is an explanation of what mass timber is and its structural benefits and the second far larger section is a series of case studies from around the world, divided into subsections based on countries/areas of origin.

2015年6月22日 · With a growing awareness of the environmental benefits of solid wood over steel and concrete construction, more and more buildings this century are being constructed out of wood. With over twenty case studies in Joseph Mayo's new book, Solid Wood, World-Architects spoke with the architect and author about a handful of them.