The Technical Reality of Mass Timber Housing: Five European Case Studies
Moises Carrasco
Recent years have seen a shifting paradigm in multi-family residential architecture, as more and more new projects are being built with engineered wood , specifically Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) and glued-laminated timber (glulam). Because timber is lightweight, these systems can reduce dead load and ease foundation demands , which is especially useful on sites with limited bearing capacity or over existing infrastructure. From a sustainability standpoint, timber can store carbon over the life