Thinking of using engineered timber in your project" Our latest Dezeen guide includes the most regularly used types of mass timber including CLT, glulam and dowel-laminated timber.
Mass timber is the name given to the various different types of engineered wood that can be used as structural building materials.
Developed for commercial use in Europe in the late 1980s, the materials are rapidly growing in popularity as an alternative to carbon-intensive concrete and steel that, unlike regular timber, can be used to construct tall buildings.
Mass timber can also allow quicker, cleaner assembly on site as well as being lighter than traditional construction materials.

Read: The Dezeen guide to wood in architecture, interiors and design
Mass timber products are composed of layers of wood joined together to form strong panels or beams. The materials are usually made in factories and engineered to precise specifications.
Timber is a renewable material capable of sequestering large amounts of CO2, as the carbon that trees remove from the atmosphere throughout their life is stored in the wood.
As a result, the material is increasingly being used to lower the embodied carbon footprint of buildings, so long as the timber is harvested sustainably. This involves replacing cut timber with new trees, which need to be left growing long enough to replace the lost biomass.
Read on to learn about the different types of mass timber:

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