Lucy Maud Montgomery’s beloved novel, “Anne of Green Gables,” has captivated a global audience. Green Gables Heritage Place is now among Canada’s top federal parks, with its Visitors Centre featuring traditional barn-style structures connected...
Tag: Nail-laminated timber
Employing wood in commercial buildings
(01/09/2020)
The 2015 edition of the National Building Code of Canada (NBC) permits mixed-type occupancies on the first two storeys of wood buildings. Two facilities in British Columbia, both with primary retail occupancies, employ several...
Industrial buildings in wood
(12/28/2018)
Three buildings in southern British Columbia offer insights into how industrial construction might evolve to offer greater environmental performance as well as speed and flexibility when employing mass timber products and systems.