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Timber Tonic: How Wood and Natural Materials Can …

WebMore than 2,000 mi (3,200 km) east of Surrey, in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, the Herrington Recovery Center, a treatment facility for alcohol and …

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North Bay Regional Health Centre

WebThe North Bay Regional Health Centre is considered a new model for health care in Canada, thanks in part to the generous use of structural and decorative wood elements to help create a healing environment. The …

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Biophilic Design In Architecture & Buildings

WebBiophilic design is increasingly used in the built environment to boost occupant well-being through connection to nature and the use of natural elements like views of nature, natural …

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Nature and the City: Redesigning the Built Environment …

WebA healthy city is a green city; a healthy urban dweller a park-goer. There is ever-growing evidence that local access to greenspace and greenviews positively impacts physical …

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Five Timber Office Designs Reducing Stress in the American …

WebStress is one of the biggest causes of health problems — responsible for symptoms from difficulty focusing to severe anxiety —and it’s costing American firms more than $300 …

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Leveraging Structural Health Monitoring Data Through Avatars to …

WebConsequently, several structural health monitoring (SHM) projects have recently emerged to document their behavior. A wide and systematic use of this data by the mass timber …

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Herrington Recovery Center

WebOwned and operated by Rogers Memorial Hospital, the Herrington Recovery Center is located on a picturesque lake in central Wisconsin. When it was completed in October …

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North Bay Regional Health Centre

WebMental Health Centre (specialized and forensic mental health services). The North Bay Regional Health Centre is a new model for health care in Canada. In addition to the …

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Designing Beneficial Spaces for Living, Working, and Well-being

WebOccupant health and well-being is more important than ever, especially given the fact that Americans, on average, are spending approximately 90 percent of their time indoors. As …

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Getting to Net-Zero: Six Competition Winners to Showcase Low …

WebA 176,000 four-story Vancouver Ambulatory Care Center in Vancouver, WA will break new ground in the healthcare sector with its use of cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels and …

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Wood and Indoor Environment

WebWood and Indoor Environment. The objectives of sustainable design are broader than just environmental effects, having come to embrace issues of human health and …

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Project Gallery: Health Care Building Design

WebInternal links within this website are funded and maintained by the Think Wood campaign. All other outgoing links are to websites maintained by third parties and are not funded by …

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Wood: Transforming Workplace Health & Wellness

WebHealth & Wellness Hidden in a nearly forgotten woodland glade in the heart of Wilmington, N.C., the 36,000 square foot Live Oak Bank headquarters sits lightly in the arboreal …

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Presented by: WOOD AND INDOOR ENVIRONMENT

Websustainability and the health and performance of the building’s occupants. 2. Explore how wood was used to enhance the experience of building occupants in projects from around …

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EXPANDING THE POSSIBILITIES OF WOOD BUILDING DESIGN

Webimproved occupant health and well-being. 1,2 This course is intended for architects and engineers seeking current information on mass timber, including products, research …

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Design Strategies for a Climate Smart Future

WebExplain how community-centered participatory design and the strategic use of green spaces in urban environments can benefit the health of individuals, communities and cities. …

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Trauma-Informed Design + Wood Create Buildings That Heal

WebTrauma-informed design, according to the TID Society, an organization that focuses on turning trauma science into design practice, is about integrating the principles of trauma …

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A natural choice: Architects turn to wood for greener, healthier …

WebAcoustics: Wood is the material of choice for architects and designers seeking to deliver the highest-quality acoustic performance, as it is naturally sound-dampening and offers …

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Live Oak Bank Headquarters

WebWood: Transforming workplace health and wellness. This remarkably successful commercial bank is headquartered in a 36,000 sq ft, two-story u-shaped structure, cast in the natural …

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Incredible Biophilic Designs That Will Have You Feeling One with …

WebWith heightened awareness of health and safety as a result of the pandemic, these factors are likely to become even more relevant in the “new normal” workspace. Biophilic design …

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OPTIMIZING ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE OF WOOD BUILDINGS

WebCASE STUDY: PEOPLES HEALTH NEW ORLEANS JAZZ MARKET For Atlanta-based Kronberg Wall Architects, one of the greatest challenges in designing this 14,000-square …

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Sustainable Forestry

WebA 2021 study on the impact of long-term demand for wood products on U.S. forests, found that forest growth exceeded harvest levels — even in the most conservative scenario, …

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