Timber-frame construction puts gravity and lateral loads into fewer, larger members. It relies on exposed beams and open spans as defining architectural features. That differs from conventional wood ...
The "strong reputation" of Ireland and Scotland in timber frame construction has been praised by Minister of State John ...
Three leading organisations in the timber and construction sector – Timber Development UK (TDUK), the Structural Timber Association (STA) and Swedish Wood – have launched a new digital platform ...
In terms of construction culture, Switzerland can appear a paradoxical place. On the one hand, it has some of the strictest codes anywhere with respect to building performance and energy expenditure, ...
TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / March 13, 2026 / Canada is experiencing a quiet revolution in the way it builds. From ...
Grafton’s acquisition of Cygnum positions it to benefit from the growth of offsite timber frame solutions in the Irish building market. Founded in 1997 and based in Macroom in County Cork, Cygnum ...
Looking back at the past 10 years in mass timber design—since our firm’s first mass timber building, the John W. Olver Design Building at the University of Massachusetts Amherst—it is evident that as ...
Construction industry supplier Grafton Group said it had bought Irish timber frame maker Cygnum Holdings for an undisclosed sum as it moves into the modular building market.