Environment

The Mjøstårnet, an 18-storey mixed-use building constructed with engineered wood, overlooks Norway’s largest lake, in Brumunddal. (Woodify/YouTube) All over the world, architects and engineers are crafting cutting-edge skyscrapers from…

Do you remember where you were when the ice storm hit in 2013? If you weren’t here, imagine waking up to a city coated in ice. The tree branches were hauntingly beautiful, shimmering while making an unnerving creaking sound. We’d woken up…

Public awareness of the global climate crisis is increasing rapidly, and so is Net-Zero Passive House building in residential and commercial construction. Now is the perfect time for builders to specialize in this rapidly growing market…

In June of this year, New Yorkers bore witness to a rather unfamiliar historic moment. In the persistent urban struggle between real estate lobbies and tenant protection organizations, surprisingly it was the latter who found their hands…

Wood construction is enjoying a revival from coast to coast. In Toronto, Sidewalk Labs is proposing a collection of mass timber buildings with the tallest one reaching 30-storeys. On the other side of the country, the University of British…