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World Building of The Year and Interior of The Year revealed at World Architecture Festival 2025

Enrique Tovar — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:00:00 +0000

The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas by Fernando Menis in La Laguna, Spain has been declared the World Building of the Year at the 2025 World Architecture Festival (WAF).

Architects Michael Green and Natalie Telewiak On The Architecture of Healing

Matthew Maganga — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 07:30:00 +0000

In a Design and the City episode - a podcast by reSITE on how to make cities more liveable - Vancouver-based architects Michael Green and Natalie Telewiak advocate for more sustainable building on Earth, with a special mention for one of their preferred materials - wood. The interview sees the two architects balance the benefits and disadvantages of mass timber construction, which they are a strong proponent of as evidenced by their project T3, a LEED Gold Certified, seven-story timber office building in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Upshot of Sidewalk Labs’ Canceled Toronto Project

Mike Yorke — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 03:30:00 +0000

In May, Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs announced that it would cancel its high-profile Quayside project because of “unprecedented economic uncertainty.” The statement marked the end of a three-year initiative to create a living, urban “testbed for emerging technologies, materials, and processes.”

Can Future Cities be Timber Cities? Google’s Sidewalk Labs Asks the Experts

Olivia Jia — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 04:00:00 +0000

Steel and concrete facades have dominated contemporary cityscapes for generations, but as pressures from climate change pose new challenges for design and construction industries, some firms are turning to mass timber as the construction material of the future. But could it be used for structures as complex as skyscrapers?

The United States' Largest Timber Office Building to Be Constructed in Newark

Patrick Lynch — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 14:10:00 +0000

Plans for the United States’ largest mass timber office building in Newark, New Jersey have been revealed by developer Lotus Equity Group and Michael Green Architecture.

2016 Wood Design & Building Magazine Award Winners Announced

Osman Bari — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 06:00:00 +0000

The 2016 winning submissions of Wood Design & Building magazine’s annual Wood Design Awards have been announced, each project demonstrates innovative approaches to and excellence in wood construction within architecture and design.

Could the Empire State Building Have Been Built with Wood?

Patrick Kunkel — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:00:26 +0000

Michael Green has teamed up with Finnish forestry company Metsä Wood and Equilibrium Consulting to redesign the Empire State Building with wood as the main material. The project is part of Metsä Wood’s “Plan B” program, which explores what it would be like for iconic buildings to be made of timber. Their work shows that not only can wood be used to produce enormous structures in a dense urban context, but also that timber towers can fit into an urban setting and even mimic recognizable buildings despite differences in material.

MGA Proposes World's Tallest Wood Building in Paris

Karissa Rosenfield — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 16:00:00 +0000

Michael Green Architecture (MGA) and DVVD has teamed up with REI France developments to propose the world's tallest wood building in Paris. The carbon-neutral proposal, developed as part of the city’s innovative Réinventer Paris competition, aims to alleviate the city's urban housing challenges.

Tall Wood Building and Self-Supported Steel Structure Win RAIC's Innovation Award

Karissa Rosenfield — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 17:30:59 +0000

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has awarded two British Columbia projects with the 2015 Innovation in Architecture award for their use of wood and steel: Michael Green Architecture's Wood Innovation Design Center in Prince George has been deemed to be an exemplar for tall timber buildings, while Patkau Architects' origami-inspired One Fold research project illustrates the structural potential of folding steel sheets. A closer look at both projects, after the break.

TED: Why We Should Build Wooden Skyscrapers / Michael Green

Karissa Rosenfield — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Building a skyscraper? Forget about steel and concrete, architect Michael Green says build it out of wood. As he details in this intriguing talk, it's not only possible to build safe wooden structures up to 30 stories tall (and, he hopes, higher), it's necessary.