"The future of architecture lies in antiquity. I don't mean that we're headed for another round of neoclassical nostalgia but instead that it's time to embrace a practice so basic and immemorial that it can be made fresh again: building with timber."
"Mass timber refers to a suite of industrial products, including glulam, a kind of megaplywood, and cross-laminated timber, which maximizes strength by layering strips in perpendicular directions."
"The process combines small lengths into thick columns and huge slabs, opening the way to a new kind of architecture. Massiveness is its essential quality: columns like ship's masts and beams that honor Viking halls."
"Unlike stick-built houses that turn to kindling in a fire, mass-timber structures char slowly from the outside, maintaining their integrity for much longer, thus enhancing fire resilience in architecture."
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