Softwood Lumber Board

The nomination period for the 2025 Wood in Architecture Awards closes on January 25th. If you haven't already, start preparing your submission: https://lnkd.in/grhgXVnj Mass timber, light-frame, and hybrid buildings are eligible. Awards will be presented at the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design in Boston, MA in June 2025. Pictured: 2024 winner 11 E Lenox in Boston, MA. Monte French Design Studio | H+O Structural Engineers | Haycon Inc. | Boston Real Estate Collaborative | Photo: Jane Messinger

The deadline for the $1.8M Mass Timber Competition: Building Sustainable Schools is approaching! Eligible teams can submit a K-12 educational project by January 13, 2025. More info can be found on our website: https://hubs.ly/Q02ZB-3Z0

Happy New Year! 🌲 2024 was an exceptional year thanks to our investors, partners, and stakeholders, with millions of board feet of incremental demand generated, the launch of the Mass Timber Competition: Building Sustainable Schools, and the continuation of the Mass Timber Accelerators, SLB Education’s wood design faculty workshops, and the TIMBER IN THE CITY competition. Here’s to another successful year for the softwood lumber industry!

When Dallas architect Jeff Guning enlisted Sean Guess of Austin’s Faye and Walker Architecture for his two-phased retirement home, the duo chose high-quality natural materials, exposed wood, and light-frame construction for a resilient, enduring design. The result is a meticulously crafted and timeless residence overlooking Texas Hill Country that was on budget and will continue to serve its owners, and their adult children, well into their golden years. View the full project profile on Think Wood: https://hubs.ly/Q02ZC0qH0

Happy holidays and Merry Christmas from the Softwood Lumber Board! 🎄 Wishing our investors, partners, stakeholders, members, and followers a warm and cheerful holiday season.

The SLB’s December newsletter features a report on the potential of steel-timber hybrid construction for tall buildings, a new playbook for insuring mass timber buildings, AWC action at building code hearings, wood data centers, and more. Read the full newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/gCEY6-Md 

By expanding and diversifying demand for softwood lumber, the SLB and its funded programs create steady industry growth through a variety of economic cycles. See how the SLB’s results in Q3 demonstrate the impact of that approach with significant gains in lumber demand. View the full report: https://lnkd.in/gFVMT6iV

When it comes to mass timber, seeing truly is believing—its impact is best understood when experienced first-hand. To make that experience possible, the SLB is sponsoring “Managing Mass Timber: From Forest to Future,” a traveling exhibit and lecture series that showcases the benefits of mass timber directly to students and faculty at leading engineering, architecture, and construction management schools across the Northeast and Great Lakes regions. The exhibit kicked off at Kent State University and has traveled to Syracuse University, with additional stops at the Associated Schools of Construction Region 3 conference in Chicago, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for the AIAS Northeast Quad Conference, and the National Organization for Minority Architects’ (NOMA) Annual Conference in Baltimore. Read more: https://hubs.ly/Q02ZC6r40

Each year, as the United Nations General Assembly comes to an end, New York City kicks off Climate Week, a week of hundreds of climate- and sustainability-focused events across the city. This year, in alignment with the week’s theme, “It’s Time,” which highlighted the urgent need for investment in the areas of energy, the built environment, and finance, the American Wood Council and WoodWorks co-hosted their first-ever Climate Week event, Building with Wood: Nature’s Climate Solution. It featured an introduction to mass timber, a panel discussion on the entirety of mass timber’s lifecycle, and concluded with a networking reception. Watch the “Building with Wood” panel here: https://hubs.ly/Q02ZC1_G0

Our new lookbook spotlights innovative office projects from ZGF, Hickok Cole, Skylab Architecture, and more. Discover how these firms use wood to create invigorating commercial environments that inspire occupants while benefiting developers' portfolios. See why mass timber is gaining mass appeal—download your free copy now. https://hubs.la/Q02Z-w2j0