Photos: Inside the Allen Institute for AI’s new HQ in Seattle’s first mass-timber office building It was a big news week for Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2), including the announcement of a new… Read More
Microsoft tries to whittle down its carbon footprint by building data centers with engineered timber Tech heavyweights are in hot pursuit of clean energy sources to power their data center operations while reining in climate… Read More
Fire resistant, quake safe, climate friendly: Mass timber is on the rise as a construction alternative When Seattle’s eight-story Heartwood Apartments opens to residents this fall, it will be Washington’s tallest timber building and the first… Read More
Pacific Northwest teams win federal funding for semiconductors, energy tech and more Four Pacific Northwest public-private partnerships have won support from the National Science Foundation through a $43 million nationwide program to… Read More
Wood or would not? Earthquake test to study how 10-story timber building stands up to Seattle shake If the idea of a Seattle earthquake gives you the shakes, this test might be right up your alley. Researchers… Read More
Is wood the way to rebuild West Seattle Bridge? Architect shares idea to replace cracking roadway West Seattle residents faced with a years-long traffic nightmare caused by the cracking and closed West Seattle Bridge may want… Read More
