Live Breaking News & Updates on Eric Karsh|Page 1

Stay updated with breaking news from Eric karsh. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Michael Green Architecture Designs a Mass-Timber Research Complex


Michael Green Architecture Designs a Mass-Timber Research Complex
The Oregon Forest Science Complex is a proving ground for mass timber’s sustainable, seismic, and even psychological benefits.
The new Peavy Hall is a stout structure composed of two intersecting volumes that partially enclose a new arboretum at its rear. Michael Green Architecture (MGA), which has designed several mass-timber buildings, inserted an amphitheaterlike staircase into the atrium, made of recycled glulam beams from Peavy’s demolished predecessor. It’s topped by a third-story “treehouse.”
Courtesy Josh Partee
Today a new generation of mass-timber buildings has become the talk of world architecture. Thanks to products like cross-laminated timber, with its increased structural strength, surprising fire resistance, and reduced construction timelines, not to mention wood’s natural ability to sequester carbon, this ancient material has become a 21st-century alternative to concret ....

Oregon State University , United States , New Zealand , British Columbia , Natalie Telewiak , Peavy Hall , Richardson Hall , Eric Karsh , Tom Deluca , Josh Partee , College Of Forestry , Department Of Wood Science , Department Of Forest Science , Oregon State University College Of Forestry , Georgew Peavy Forest Science Center , Tallwood Design Institute , Mga Osu Peavyhall Ext , Michael Green Architecture , Courtesy Josh Partee , Oregon Forest Science Complex , Osu Awp Int , Courtesy Ema Peter , Forest Science Center , Courtesy Josh , Wood Science , Forest Science ,