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As an alternative to concrete and other conventional composites, wood has re-emerged as a popular building material. Long thought of as too fragile and prone to damage, this natural resource has been re-engineered into a suite of fortified structural elements known as mass timber: glued, nailed doweled panels and beams able to shore-up everything from […]
There are few straight lines at the new 13-story Populus hotel in downtown Denver, Colorado. Implementing a hyper site-responsive strategy, notable architecture firm Studio Gang designed the distinct structure based on the distilled form and unique growth pattern of the Aspen Tree – otherwise known as the Populus – precinctive to the area. How and […]