Here in Seattle, an eight-story mass-timber apartment building was recently finished, claimed to be the first of its kind in the US: https://timberlab.com/proj

Here in Seattle, an eight-story mass-timber apartment building was recently finished, claimed to be the first of its kind in the US: https://timberlab.com/projects/heartwood https://timberlab.com/projects/heartwood This was built close to my house, so I got to watch the frame rise. It was an interesting process, and it makes a certain amount of sense to emphasize timber construction in this heavily-forested region. I have to agree with the headline, though.