Course catalog

Over the past several years, a number of tall wood buildings have been completed around the world, demonstrating successful applications of new wood and mass timber technologies. With rising demand for new urban buildings, and increased interest in efficient and environmentally friendly ...

At six stories and 140,000 square feet, The Soto is a model of sustainable design. Developed by Hixon Properties, it is the first phase of an 8.5-acre mixed-use area in San Antonio that will include food and beverage, entertainment, office, apartment, and retail. The primary design direction was ...

This case study presentation offers a rare opportunity to learn about mass timber from a company that built one of the largest cross-laminated timber (CLT) projects in the US – a five-story, 156,000-square-foot office building in Hillsboro, Oregon. Swinerton Builders, which undertook all aspects ...

When striving for material efficiency, the design of mass timber floor and roof systems to resist horizontal wind and seismic loading through diaphragm action is an important consideration. The design of diaphragms with mass timber panels typically follows one of two load path strategies.  For ...

Balcony design in mixed-use and multi-family projects can be a challenge. Cantilevered balconies may be the most vulnerable element of the building in that they are exposed to weather and have limited structural redundancy. Not only do they require careful design and detailing to ensure safety ...

More and more often, carbon calculations are an important component of building design as ownership and design teams strive for more sustainable structures. As architects and engineers embrace carbon accounting as part of the design process, it is important to understand how to correctly account ...

This presentation will answer many questions about forests and forest products, such as:  Where do our trees and forests grow?  How have forests changed over time? What is the relationship between people and forests – now and in the past? How are forests managed – and are they being managed ...

This is an introductory course designed to help architects better understand the basic structural nature of buildings under lateral forces which can in effect help create more efficient plan layouts, potentially reduce costs, and increase the lateral performance of the building.  A 2-story ...

The best practice design for mass timber buildings is to keep the mass timber components warm and dry throughout the building’s construction and occupancy. This is achieved by effectively managing the exposure of the mass timber components and assemblies to moisture at all phases of manufacture, ...