Wood ceiling beams add a unique touch of rustic character to a space. Whether you want to match them to your hardwood floors depends on these factors.

One man is on a mission to sell local developers on using mass timber to construct their buildings. The technique has made some converts, but some remaining concerns could deter large-scale adoption.

It includes 1,650 cu ft of glued laminated-timber (glulam) beams and columns in three sizes and two lengths. There are 68 columns, generally 11.5 ft tall, and 137 beams between 12 ft and 14 ft long.

The heavy timber construction method, which now features sophisticated laminated wood beams from managed forests, is popular today in Europe, though it remains a rarity in the U.S.

Wood is a material well-suited to reuse, whether through the adaptive reuse of an existing structure or through deconstruction and disassembly. In particular, long-standing heavy timber beams in ...