Designed by 2020 Pritzker Prize Laureates Grafton Architects, the Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation is a hub for education in design, advanced fabrication, and material research and development. Now under construction, the structure reflects the commitment of the University of Arkansas' Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design to sustainability and the innovative timber economy. The center has already garnered significant international attention. Join us to learn how it offers important lessons to students, professionals, and the public about the future of mass timber, their role in design and education, and their contribution to sustainability.
Learning Objectives
- Explore the trend toward mass timber buildings in the context of sustainability, construction efficiency, fire and life safety, occupant well-being, and other potential advantages.
- Review a range of mass timber products available to North American building designers, including mass timber products made regionally of southern yellow pine.
- Discuss the environmental attributes, virtues, and values of mass timber construction in the context of a university campus and its benefits to the forest economy.
- Examine the innovative mass timber structural system that includes both softwood and hardwood species.