San Jose is on the cusp of a serious revival, with over 25 new towers currently planned for its historic downtown. Here are five reasons why investors are betting on San Jose’s success. — From America’s most forgettable city…. Just over an hour south of San Francisco, San Jose is nestled in the…

In the second part of our series, we explain how we modified the design of our tall timber proto-model to support manufacturing and assembly. — This post is the second of two exploring lessons learned from designing a tall timber proto-model, PMX. We suggest reading the introduction and part one first. Once we stabilized the design of PMX at 35 stories, we turned our attention to taking advantage of timber’s potential for use in off-site…

In the first part of our series, we describe two tactics that help our tall timber proto-model resist forces like wind. — This post is the first of two exploring lessons learned from designing a tall timber building proto-model called PMX. We recommend reading the introduction first. Timber is nimble and light compared to other structural building materials, and that gives it many advantages, such as making it easy to work with…

We spent last year creating a digital proof-of-concept for how to design and manufacture a tall timber building. This two-part blog series unpacks our key findings. — Timber was once the dominant material for constructing new buildings, with early timber structures dating as far back as the Neolithic Age.* …