Sustainable Timber: Innovations in Wooden Building Design and Construction
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 130
Editors
Interests: timber structures; structural reliability and robustness; glued laminated timber (glulam); timber-concrete composite structures; fibre-reinforced timber elements; seismic assessment of existing buildings; structural rehabilitation of historic buildings; probabilistic structural analysis; post-earthquake reconstruction
Interests: extreme actions and structural reliability; load-bearing structures; metal and timber structures
Interests: field of wood modification; durability of surface and adhesion properties of structural timber; and the development of innovative wood products for construction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Timber is one of the oldest construction materials, yet it is also among the most promising for the future of sustainable building. Driven by climate goals, the carbon footprint of construction, and rapid advances in engineered wood products such as glued laminated timber, cross-laminated timber, and hybrid timber–concrete and timber–steel systems, wood is increasingly being used in applications that were unthinkable only a decade ago, including mid- and high-rise buildings, long-span structures, and the rehabilitation of heritage architecture.
This Special Issue aims to bring together original research, case studies, and review papers that advance the design, analysis, and construction of sustainable wooden /timber buildings. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: novel timber and hybrid structural systems; reinforcement of timber elements with FRP, steel, or glass and carbon fibres; reliability, robustness, and probabilistic safety assessment; seismic and dynamic behaviour; fire performance and durability; non-destructive testing; structural rehabilitation of historic timber structures; environmental and life-cycle assessment; sustainable insulation materials and solutions and digital fabrication and BIM-based workflows for timber construction.
We invite authors from academia and industry to contribute high-quality work that helps shape the next generation of wooden buildings – safer, more efficient, more durable, and more sustainable.
Prof. Dr. Dean Cizmar
Prof. Dr. Ivica Boko
Prof. Dr. Vjekoslav Živković
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- timber structures
- glued laminated timber (glulam)
- cross-laminated timber (CLT)
- timber-concrete composite structures
- fibre-reinforced timber elements
- structural reliability and robustness
- rehabilitation of historic timber structures
- wood based products
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