First, there was Forte. Six years after the completion of its inaugural timber structure in Australia, Lendlease has committed to timber buildings in all of its new development...
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Leveraging BIM in the Prefabrication Space
By improving project visibility and coordination between the trades, 3D models can reduce the risk of design errors and save offsite construction firms time and money. Until fairly recently, prefabrication and modular construction carried...
Prefab Housing Pioneer Katerra buys Michael Green Architecture
Is Modular Construction the Future of Multifamily Housing? Advantages Include Time Savings and Greater Flexibility
The Rise of the Wooden Skyscrapper
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Forget steel and concrete — wood is the latest go-to material for building skyscrapers. The renewable resource has high potential. "The world's tallest wooden house!" reads a huge poster on the side of a building under construction in...
Designed to be relocatable, this prefab wood building is so nice it's not going anywhere
Architectus designed the Macquarie University Incubator to be built fast and disassembled quickly.
Many researchers have found that the Biophilia Effect, a preference for natural materials, is significant for our well-being, leading to...
Wood reaches new heights as a building material
Timber-frame revival may gain even more momentum with new federal funding
George Brown College has steadily grown since its establishment in 1967 and now operates out of more than a dozen buildings spread throughout Toronto's core. One...
Whole Wall Panels and Partitions
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Traditionally the construction of internal walling systems has been an onsite construction process involving the adaptation and use of standard sized components to create walls of any size.
This is a very flexible approach and is...
Envelope
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The external walls and roof that form the perimeter or enclosure of a building. Walling may include lightweight curtain walling, in aluminium, steel or glass, or heavyweight components in concrete, brick or stone.
Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA)
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In the construction industry, Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) involves improving quality through the application of efficiency.
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