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Mass Timber Buildings Help the Planet, Create Jobs, and Make People Happy
Mass Timber Buildings Help the Planet, Create Jobs, and Make People Happy
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47 minutes
Released:
Oct 29, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Today we’re talking about building buildings out of wood — sounds pretty normal, but no we’re talking about building tall, high-rise buildings out of wood instead of steel and concrete, using a concept known as mass timber and construction products like cross-laminated timber. There’s a wood revolution happening in real estate, architecture, and construction — mass timber is a term for a relatively new group of engineering wood products that rival the strength and durability of traditional construction methods. There are roughly 400 large mass timber buildings in the US and many hundreds more on the way. There are huge environmental benefits to using wood instead of steel and concrete, as well as new jobs and a rebirth of the lumber industry, plus people love living and working in predominately wood buildings. Our expert guests give us all the details. Guest co-hosting this week is Judith Sheine, the Director of Design at the TallWood Design Institute, a collaboration between Oregon State University and the University of Oregon focused on the research and advancement of mass timber and structural wood building solutions. And we interview Emily Dawson, an architect and Partner at Kaiser + Path, a real estate and architecture firm in Portland, Oregon, and a leader in mass timber design and development. And as always, we share our weekly dose of good design.
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Mass Timber Buildings Help the Planet, Create Jobs, and Make People Happy
For links to resources we discuss on this episode, visit our show page:
Mass Timber Buildings Help the Planet, Create Jobs, and Make People Happy
Released:
Oct 29, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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