A transparent wood material claimed to be suitable for mass production could replace windows and solar panels in the future, say researchers at Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

The transparent wood is 50% stronger than previous transparent wood and could even be used to build load-bearing walls in a building. It could also potentially be used in other ways, such as ...

A new 10-story residential building on West 18th Street in New York is the city’s first structural timber building and will, the show explains, reduce energy consumption by 50 percent. Wood also ...

But buildings lose a lot of heat through glass, and while light can bring some heat through the material, it’s not a good insulator. This is why we need double glazing.

Treet’s developer, the Bergen and Omegn Building Society (BOB), believes that the building’s wood construction helped to avoid the emission of more than 21,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide.

Architects are in a proof-of-concept race to construct sustainable wood high-rises. Oct. 31 at 6:30 a.m. SKELLEFTEA, Sweden — It is right to say that the construction of one of the tallest ...

So, they used their transparent wood to replace a glass window in a birdhouse. Under a heat lamp, the interior stayed nine to 11 degrees cooler than when it had a glass window.

That’s still peanuts compared with the Empire State Building, which rises a whopping 1,250 feet. But the way things are going, our glass-and-steel skylines may start to look decidedly more ...

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Consider building your own glazed wood door - it's an easier DIY project than it sounds. advertisement. ... Having a bespoke wood and glass front door can certainly be an attractive feature, ...

Standing tall on a Brooklyn Heights corner, this sandy house with wood siding commands rare curb appeal in a city where brick, stone and glass buildings dominate the streetscape. Its scarlet ...