Is Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) the Concrete of the Future"
Concrete, an essential building material, has for decades offered us the possibility of shaping our cities quickly and effectively, allowing them to rapidly expand into urban peripheries and reach heights previously unimagined by mankind. Today, new timber technologies are beginning to deliver similar opportunities ? and even superior ones ? through materials like Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT).
Wood Innovation Design Centre / Michael Green Architecture. Image © Ema Peter
Concrete, an essential building material, has for decades offered us the possibility of shaping our cities quickly and effectively, allowing them to rapidly expand into urban peripheries and reach heights previously unimagined by mankind. Today, new timber technologies are beginning to deliver similar opportunities ? and even superior ones ? through materials like Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT). To better understand the properties and benefits of CLT, we talked with Jorge Calderón, Industrial Designer and CRULAMM Manager. He discusses some of the promising opportunities that CLT could provide architecture in the future. Read more »
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Wood Innovation Design Centre / Michael Green Architecture. Image © Ema Peter
Concrete, an essential building material, has for decades offered us the possibility of shaping our cities quickly and effectively, allowing them to rapidly expand into urban peripheries and reach heights previously unimagined by mankind. Today, new timber technologies are beginning to deliver similar opportunities ? and even superior ones ? through materials like Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT). To better understand the properties and benefits of CLT, we talked with Jorge Calderón, Industrial Designer and CRULAMM Manager. He discusses some of the promising opportunities that CLT could provide architecture in the future. Read more »
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