The Dezeen guide to mass timber in architecture

Thinking of using engineered timber in your project? Our latest Dezeen guide includes the most regularly used types of mass timber including CLT, glulam and dowel-laminated timber.
Mass timber is the name given to the various different types of engineered wood that can be used as structural building materials.
Developed for commercial use in Europe in the late 1980s, the materials are rapidly growing in popularity as an alternative to carbon-intensive concrete and steel that, unlike re