Benton Johnson

Exhibition
Mass Timber on a Diet at the Chicago Architecture Biennial
A spatially laminated timber pavilion by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and the University of Michigan applies topology modeling to common 2x4s for a more efficient structure.
6 MIN READ
The Carbon Issue
Five Construction Details to Reduce Embodied and Operational Carbon
5 MIN READ
Research
SOM Tests a Mass-Timber Composite System for High-Rise Construction and Explores a Steel Option
4 MIN READ
Podcast
Timber On the Rise, Part 2 – Timber and Concrete Hybrid Structural System
1 MIN READ
Research
Q+A: SOM’s Benton Johnson on Testing a New Composite System for Tall Timber
7 MIN READ
Building Codes
Mass-Timber Towers Become a Reality, One Additional Floor at a Time
5 MIN READ
2014 R+D Awards
R+D Awards Honorable Mention: Timber Tower Research Project
2 MIN READ
Q+A
SOM on Taking Timber Towers from Tall Tales to Reality
6 MIN READ
Q+A
SOM on Taking Timber Towers from Tall Tales to Reality
6 MIN READ