A new four story commercial project in Des Moines, Iowa uses dowel-laminated timber (DLT) designed by Newmann Monson Architects, http://neumannmonson.com. This newly completed Type-A office building uses an advanced form of timber joinery once common in the US but out of favor as concrete and steel became the dominant material of use. Today dowel-laminated timber is making a comeback in commercial construction through the use of cross laminated timber, nail laminated timber, mass plywood timber and a host of other inventive ways wood can be structurally sound, meet today’s stringent fire codes and provide a sense of warmth and elegance to a design.
StructureCraft in Des Moines Iowa
