Drawing all eyes in a business district in downtown Yokohama, the Port Plus building is fashioned solely from tidy wooden columns and beams instead of the standard steel and concrete. The 44 ...

The material, called Moen-Wood, makes it possible to erect large buildings made of timber. Takenaka Corp., the Osaka-based developer of the new construction material, successfully built a wood ...

One way to reduce that refuse is by recycling wood. Roof trusses, ceiling beams, and prefabricated elements are the most reusable. And they can be used in new buildings. While there's a perception ...

but far fewer people are aware that wood from buildings can also be salvaged and repurposed – just 44% of American adults according to a US Forest Service survey. A recent German study showed ...