110 Housing Units Proposed at JP Monastery
A Jamaica Plain monastery would be converted into apartments and expanded with a mass timber-framed condominium building under a pending development proposal.
Flipping the Sustainability Switch in Construction
Newton-based Chapman Construction is leading by example in setting a goal of shrinking its own carbon footprint under an initiative being led by John Hyde.
Demonstration Projects Test Potential for Timber
Wood-framed construction might historically be associated with single-family homes, but mass timber – an engineered wood product – increasingly appears to offer benefits for a wide range of commercial building types.
Next Building Material Requirement: Cut Carbon
Developers weighing the use of mass timber building techniques have to decide whether the higher upfront costs of the environmentally-sustainable material is worth the benefits in trendy biophilic designs.
How to Leverage the Potential of Cross-Laminated Timber
Top of mind for conscientious development teams is leveraging creative design and construction solutions to reduce unfavorable environmental consequences, while satisfying program, schedule, budget and aesthetic requirements.
New Owner Plans Mass Timber Hotel in West End
Long-stalled plans for a skinny hotel tower in Boston’s West End have new momentum with the acquisition of the property by a developer who is redesigning the building as the city’s tallest mass timber structure.
New Thinking Can Address Boston’s Four Housing Crises
The greatest innovation in housing is not any specific material, system or assembly. It’s the rapidly growing movement to continually define and consistently deliver future housing.
Aiming to Shrink Housing Costs, Boston Firms Launch Catalogue of Mass Timber Designs
A group of seven design, engineering and development firms have launched a new catalogue of mass timber design systems in an effort to simultaneously lower new buildings’ carbon footprint and make housing construction cheap enough to meet the burgeoning demand for new homes.
Hot Property: 69 A St.
Commodore Builders is nearing completion of Boston’s first cross-laminated timber building, a redevelopment of a former rivet factory into office and retail space at 69 A. St. in South Boston.
Repurposing Real Estate While Retaining History
Nate Turner recently marked his 22nd anniversary at Boston-based architects Margulies Perruzzi, specializing in repurposing brick-and-beam properties in neighborhoods including the Seaport District for the 21st century economy.
Model C Tests Timber Construction Potential
At a trash-strewn vacant lot in Roxbury’s Fort Hill section, Boston design-build firm Placetailor and architects Generate Technologies are making a bid to revolutionize how buildings are built in Massachusetts.
