Stella Apartments
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ThinkWood
Stella consists of two nested wood-framed L-shaped structures, oriented for maximum access to light and views. The two buildings are set on top of a concrete podium housing 9,000 square feet of ground floor retail space and 578 parking stalls....

Community Archives
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Angus Glen Community Centre and Library
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Stora Enso
This architecturally stunning community centre includes an aquatics centre, gymnasium, two skating rinks, multipurpose rooms and a library. To complement the surrounding landscape, wood was utilized in the roof construction of the aquatics centre and library, and throughout the main common spaces. Large overhanging roof elements and canopies soften the edges of the building and offer a visual attraction both inside and out. The aquatics centre roof is comprised of tongue-and-groove decking suppo...

Education Archives
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38 Davis
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ThinkWood
Ankrom Moisan Architects designed 38 Davis in a quest to establish a new founding office that would directly reflect its sustainable values, creative culture and urban identity, and which would inspire, support and nurture the creativity of occupants living and working in the building....

Forest Products Industry related Archives
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Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) - Innovative Solid Wood Panels Offer New Large-Scale Design Options
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APA
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is a large-scale, prefabricated, solid engineered wood panel. Lightweight yet very strong, with superior acoustic, fire, seismic, and thermal performance, CLT is also fast and easy to install, generating almost no waste onsite. CLT offers design flexibility and low environmental impacts. For these reasons, cross-laminated timber is proving to be a highly advantageous alternative to conventional materials like concrete, masonry, or steel, especially in multi-family an...

Green Verification Reports
https://www.apawood.org:443/green-verification-rep... [Environmental Performance] [Web Page]
APA
APA Green Verification Reports (GR) help building officials and design professionals determine a product s eligibility for points under recognized green building standards. APA issues these reports to document the compliance of an engineered wood product that is manufactured under a quality program audited by APA to specific international, national, or industry recognized green building standards. APA Green Verification Reports are assigned based on product classes, as shown below:...

APA Product Reports
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APA
APA Product Reports® help building officials and design professionals determine a product s conformance with codes and national, international or industry recognized standards. APA issues these reports to document the compliance of an engineered wood product that is manufactured under a quality program audited by APA. APA Product Reports signify the product s compliance with the relevant provisions in the model building codes. APA Product Reports are assigned based on product classes, as shown ...

System Reports
https://www.apawood.org:443/system-reports... [Standards/Building code] [Web Page]
APA
APA System Reports® are technical reports published to help building officials and design professionals identify innovative design solutions by evaluating engineered wood systems that can be used as code-compliant systems. They are developed based on extensive research conducted by APA, frequently in collaboration with other reputable agencies in the specific field of studies. APA System Reports are supported by comprehensive research data, as indicated in each report, and can be adopted by des...

School Design
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APA
The qualities that make engineered wood a high-performance, affordable option for low-rise office buildings, retail centers, and other commercial projects also make it ideal for safe, resource-efficient schools—perhaps even more so, considering the budgetary pressure and long-term energy concerns that school designers must take into account. Image at right: Spanaway Elementary School, Bethel School DistrictFor example, for the construction of the Pierce County Skills Center in Puyallup, Washing...

Force Transfer Around Openings (FTAO)
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Carbon Challenge
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APA
In the Carbon Challenge Residential Design Competition, the USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) and APA – The Engineered Wood Association (APA) are challenging residential designers to create a new home design while considering the impact that building materials have on the environment. Fossil fuel use and climate change are important environmental issues facing our nation today. The common denominator for these concerns is greenhouse gases that are emitted into the atmosphere...

APA in the Media
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Current Newsletter - APA
https://www.apawood.org:443/designerscircle-news-l... [General Information] [Web Page] 2018
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Mass Timber with a Steel Core
https://csengineermag.com/article/mass-timber-stee... [Alternative/Hybrid Configurations] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2017
Civil + Structural Engineer
The City of Portland, Ore., is now home to the tallest mass timber hybrid building in the United States. Carbon12, the first building in the country to use timber framing for residential development at this height, stands tall at 95 feet and eight stories. A hybrid system of cross-laminated timber (CLT) floor and roof diaphragms and steel core, Carbon12 demonstrates the possibilities of mass timber hybrid construction....

Top 50 Wood Articles for 2017
https://www.thinkwood.com/news/top-50-wood-article... [Other] [Web Page] 2017
ThinkWood
It was put to the test, reached new heights, broke new ground, re-engineered and re-imagined. To put it all into perspective we rounded up the top news articles of 2017 that demonstrate wood’s current and future disruptive force in the way we design and build buildings....

Light-frame Archives
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Multi-family Archives
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Wood Solution Archives
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