German-American architect Matthias Olt has come up with an environmentally friendly option to replace the cracking high rise of the West Seattle Bridge: a hybrid made of mass timber combined with ...
As architects face up to the need for ethical, sustainable design in the age of climate change awareness, timber architecture is making a comeback in a new, technologically impressive way. Largely ...
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The county has nine wooden bridges, also called timber bridges, that are at least 75 years old but remain in use. A timber bridge on McClelland Road, just north of US 24 ...
While more of a dialogue-starter than a formal proposal, a hybrid mass timber replacement for the cracked and closed West Seattle Bridge has been garnering attention as the city weighs its options.
Keywords: Seismic vulnerability assessments. Timber structures. Bridges. Substructures. Seismic designs. Seismic performance. Shaking table tests. Pile-to-foundation ...
Councillors have voted to turn the historic wooden Cuttagee Bridge on the New South Wales far south coast into a two-lane concrete bridge. Three design concepts were considered, with many locals ...
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Officials said that recent inspections of its nine wooden (timber) bridges found no significant or critical levels of deterioration and the structures remain safe to ...