Emergence of wooden high-rise buildings utilizing CLT (Cross Laminated Timber)
He spoke at the Nikkei Regional Development Forum "Creating Wooden Town Development and Realizing Forest Circular Economy" held in Okayama City in March, where he discussed the industrial [...]...
The use of domestic timber in the building sector is entering a new phase in the public and private sectors to realize a decarbonized society and to utilize local resources. in April, forest [...]...
In response to the challenges facing Japan, such as the super-aging society, declining population, and stagnation of local economies, the "forest cycle," which links forest resources to the creation of local value, has been [...].
Tsuda College and Sumitomo Forestry held a ceremony on March 3 [...] at the Kodaira Campus in Kodaira City, Tokyo, to mark the completion of the Wellness Pavilion, a new wooden, one-story facility.
Against the backdrop of the declining population and stagnant regional economies that Japan is facing, the social implementation of a "circular forest economy" that links forest resources to local value creation [...].
Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, with technical cooperation from Shimizu Corporation, completed construction of a rental condominium "Primal Shinagawa Oimachi" in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, in February [...].
The first article summarizes the construction advantages that wood construction has against labor shortages and skill saving, and the second article discusses the advantages that wood construction has against on-site [...].
Mitsui Home and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. have completed a two-story wooden junior high school building addition at Sakura no Seibo Gakuin Elementary and Junior High School in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture [...].
Seven-Eleven Japan has opened a "7-Eleven Utsunomiya Shinmachi 1-chome [...]" that uses 100% lumber produced in Tochigi Prefecture, from structural materials to interior design.
Shelter is working with Net Eagle to provide non-residential [...] to partners in the Moku Building program, which supports the supply of medium- and large-sized wooden buildings.
Celio, Haruo Shimada & Associates, Araki Gumi, and C-Cube Consulting have jointly announced the completion of the Celio Building, which will be completed in June 2025.
As part of the "SOCIAL WOOD PROJECT" to promote the recycling of forest resources, Tokyu Corporation has established a [...] at Ishikawadai Station on the Ikegami Line.
*Click here for the first part of the report: "Okayama Model": Transformation to a Resource Self-Sufficient Nation and Urban Wood Construction, Challenged by Industry-Government-Academia [...] Report of the Symposium on Forest Circular Economy [...
Mitsui Home Hokkaido was selected by the Hokkaido Police Department for the "FY2025 Purchased Police Box and Police Station Development Project. Sapporo City and Eniwa [...].
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will hold WOOD Collection (Moku Collection) 2026, an exhibition and business meeting aimed at expanding the use of domestic lumber, on February 12 and 1 [...].
While issues such as stagnant demand for domestic lumber and a shortage of forestry leaders are becoming apparent nationwide, the company boasts the nation's largest production of Japanese cypress and has a CLT (direct [...]].