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Resilient Wood Construction: Designing for Earthquakes & High Winds

Designing a building to withstand the potentially devastating forces of high winds or seismic events is a challenge an architect or engineer will likely face. Properly designed and constructed wood structures that comply with building code requirements are resilient, performing with minimal ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW

Specifying and Using Pressure-Treated Southern Pine for Marine Applications

Southern pine (SP) is a group of four highly versatile and durable softwood species with a unique cellular structure that permits deep, uniform penetration of preservatives, making it preferred for pressure treatment in aquatic environments. SP is used in a wide variety of marine applications, ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW

Steel-Timber Hybrid Highrise Buildings: Trends, Drivers, Challenges

This presentation will examine the recent trend towards steel-timber hybrids - as a subset of the wider trend towards mass timber - in high rise buildings. It will overview where this is happening, and what the advantages and challenges are, focusing on some of the key case studies employing such...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW

The Business Case for Building with Wood

Several converging trends are presenting both design challenges and new market opportunities. Cities are getting denser, spurring mixed-use projects that combine ground-level retail and several stories of residential units. Firms are under pressure to innovate, implement lean practices, and ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW

The Impact of Wood Use on North American Forests

This course is intended for professional architects and engineers who desire to improve their knowledge of the sustainability of using wood as a building material in comparison with other substitutable products. While ecosystems, supply chains, and building materials are complex, using natural, ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW

The Role of Wood Products in Green Building

Architects can incorporate green building techniques into their designs through their choice of building materials. Material choice greatly affects the environmental impact of buildings, both during construction and over the building’s lifecycle. Wood is a renewable, durable building material ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW

The Woodpecker's Delight: Nader Tehrani on the Role of Wood Architecture in Culture and Ecology

This guest lecture is presented by Nader Tahrani, Principal of NADAAA, a practice dedicated to the advancement of design innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and an intensive dialogue with the construction industry. In a world increasingly challenged by global warming, the construction ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW

Using Wood to Achieve Thermal Performance Goals

Thermal performance contributes to a range of important goals for most projects, including energy efficiency, comfort, durability, code compliance, structural integrity, and sustainable outcomes. Designing commercial and residential buildings with wood not only meets thermal performance ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW

Wood and the Indoor Environment

The objectives of sustainable design are broader than just environmental effects, having come to embrace issues of human health and performance. As sedentary and service-related work becomes more prevalent in our society, the amount of time people spend inside buildings increases—the average ...

Learning Hours: 1

Provider: Think Wood

Credits: AIA LU/HSW