Swedish concrete manufacturer Heidelberg Materials Precast Contiga and Finnish producer of engineered wood products Metsä Wood, have initiated a cross-industry collaboration to capitalise on the benefits of combining concrete and wood in future building structures.…
Metsä Wood to supply LVL products for Modvion’s wooden wind turbine towers
Swedish wood technology company, Modvion, and the Finnish wood product company, Metsä Wood, have agreed to supply laminated veneer lumber (LVL) for Modvion's…
Efficient and sustainable wooden modular construction of 32 schools in Berlin
The sustainable and innovative wooden modular construction with its extremely short construction time aided the decision to build 32 wooden schools by…
Modular Pattern Buildings – a modular system that helps to build wooden constructions from family houses to public buildings
Metsä Wood is constantly looking for new partners who use Kerto LVL (laminated veneer lumber) in innovative modular construction projects. One example is 369 Pattern Buildings, a joint project with the modular construction company Harmet, architects from…
Hybrid construction would enable a lighter and more sustainable skyscrape
Hybrid City Challenge, organised by Metsä Wood in 2020, called for hybrid solutions to make construction more sustainable while maintaining efficiency using current building methods. The first prize was won by a design called “WHAT IF… New York’s SEAGRAM…
SI-Modular: Sustainable Building System with Timber I-Beams
Architect Hans-Ludwig Stell from Münster, Germany, has developed a sophisticated modular system for one and two-storey house construction. This quick, easy, and self-explanatory timber construction, SI-Modular, is based on Metsä Wood´s I-beam Finnjoist®.…
Temporary Wooden Market Hall Becomes Eye-Catching Landmark
The distinctive new building in Stockholm’s Östermalm is a temporary market hall that was built as a temporary space while the old market hall is being renovated. What nobody expected was the tremendous popularity of this “wooden box”, which ended up…
Finnish Broadcasting Company: Why Helsinki Doesn’t Extend Upwards?
Extensions to existing buildings are beginning to rise above the urban and industrial areas of Helsinki’s currently rather horizontal skyline. As The Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE reports, the number of extensions upward is still quite small – yet there…
