A Journey into Tillamook's Old Mass Timber Hangar
Just off the scenic Highway 101 on the Oregon coast, a structure of impossible scale dominates the landscape. It’s a silent giant, a relic from a world at war, and its sheer size inspires a mix of awe and perhaps a touch of shock. This is Hangar B of the former Naval Air Station Tillamook, now home to the Tillamook Air Museum.
A Modern & Forward Thinking Mass Timber City Hall - Northglenn, Colorado
The City of Northglenn, Colorado. A new structure was rising there, not of stone and steel to defy nature, but of wood and light, embracing it. We heard tales of a mass timber building in Northglenn, a building that promised to redefine what a civic center could be, and we had to see it for ourselves. This City Hall, a substantial 32,600 square feet, was not a typical concrete behemoth. Instead, it embraced us, by utilizing cross-laminated timber (CLT).
From Farm to Future with Mass Timber: Tillamook's Agro-dairy Roots
Imagine a place where over 1.3 million visitors annually, sometimes as many as 18,000 on a peak summer day, come to immerse themselves in the story of cheese, from farm to table. That's the Tillamook Creamery Visitor Center in Tillamook, Oregon.
Washington Cascade Range's New Mountain Commons: A Fresh Mass Timber Icon Reaching for the Summit
Crystal Mountain Resort was purchased by Alterra Mountain Co. in 2018 and built a new mass timber base lodge. At the heart of this transformative initiative stands the Mountain Commons, a remarkable 25,000-square-foot food hall designed to redefine the base area experience.
Washington State Employees Credit Union in Chehalis, WA is Leading with Mass Timber
Forget the heavy, monolithic, and intimidating structures of the past. Imagine a space that feels warm, inviting, and bathed in natural light. It's the reality of the new Washington State Employees Credit Union (WSECU) branch in Chehalis, Washington.
France’s Tallest Wood Buildings to be Built on a City Block
This is a mass timber image. The main material used in this building will be cross laminated timber (CLT). The CLT wood is from an Austria company named KLH and Altibois came to the site and built all the walls in just seven weeks.
Netherlands Wooden Tower That Will WOW You - Pompejus
A Wooden Tower in the Netherlands. Talking Forests had the opportunity to see the Pompejus tower a week after the grand opening. Driving out to Fort de Roovere was serene and beautiful in the low morning light. Parked under a canopy of broadleaf trees that were not blooming, yet. Still, the colors of Fall on the ground. The striking tower off in the distance is surrounded by a moat.