The Home Front: Building materials designed with efficiency in mind

We hear a lot about different prefabricated homes these days — from flat-packed cabins delivered right to your doorstep to homes made from shipping containers, all designed to make the building process easier, faster and more efficient.
It makes sense then that we’re hearing more about prefabricated building materials that are designed to do the same, such as cross-laminated timber or CLT — mass-produced sheets made from a mix of wood (like spruce, pine and fir) and mixed with