In the article, Whitney shares EAPC’s experience incorporating mass timber into a variety of project types and discusses the opportunities the material presents for creating meaningful connections between architecture and nature. She also highlights a high school athletic project currently in design that uses glue-laminated timber beams and columns—demonstrating how mass timber can bring a fresh design approach to facilities traditionally constructed with concrete masonry or steel.
Whitney also emphasizes the importance of understanding each client’s goals when considering mass timber, balancing design opportunities with factors such as sustainability, constructability, building codes, structural efficiency, schedule, and long-term performance.
As mass timber continues to gain momentum across the region, its warmth, sustainability, prefabrication potential, and architectural possibilities are opening new conversations about how buildings can be designed and constructed.
Read the full Prairie Business article, “How Mass Timber Is Reshaping Modern Architecture,” to hear more from Whitney and other architecture professionals about the growing role of mass timber in the industry.