Photo of Tom Chung pointing out something to students touring the Kreher Preserve

The School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture is launching a new Master of Science in Architecture program with a focus in mass timber design, starting this month.

May 28, 2026

Three colleges unite to advance mass timber construction, a faster, cheaper and more sustainable way to build houses and buildings.

January 08, 2026

Phot of three people using a router on a piece of lumber

This fall, Auburn students are gaining hands-on experience with one of the industry's fastest-growing materials: mass timber.

December 11, 2025

Photo of a panel holding different types of screws

Students and faculty from the School of Industrial and Graphic Design and the McWhorter School of Building Science teamed up to create marketable products for mass timber installation.

August 19, 2025

Tom Chung speaks to faculty sitting at tables in front of windows

The Auburn Mass Timber Collaborative hosted its annual workshop in May, continuing to expand mass timber education across the country.

August 19, 2025

A young man uses a drill on stacked wood

With the addition of a CLT press, the interdisciplinary faculty of the Auburn Mass Timber Collaborative can manufacture and test mass timber products without leaving campus.

April 21, 2025

Auburn leadership pose at podium for the ribbon cutting.

Auburn unveiled its newest venue for environmental education at the Kreher Preserve and Nature Center during the official dedication and ribbon cutting of its Environmental Education Building on Dec. 6.

December 11, 2024

A man walks through the forest

This semester, landscape architecture students enrolled in Alabama Lab studied the complex issues associated with mass timber construction and its demand on the state's forests.

December 02, 2024

A man in a construction vest visits a construction site

Auburn grad Ivan Vanchev is an architect who works with mass timber, a rapidly growing technology used in the design and construction fields.

October 08, 2024

a male and a female student operate a machine in the Advanced Structural Lab

Mass timber is a rapidly growing technology used in the design and construction fields, and the Auburn Mass Timber Collaborative is becoming a leader in mass timber research, teaching and outreach in the Southeast.

September 05, 2024

Auburn student works with cross-laminated timber panel

The Auburn University College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment has unveiled a multi-disciplinary roster of speakers and conference agenda for the 2024 cross-laminated timber conference, Oct. 7-9, in Auburn.

August 13, 2024

Auburn University Advanced Structural Engineering Lab Interior

The College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment will host the only cross-laminated timber conference to be held in the southern United States Oct. 7-9 at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center.

June 17, 2024

Troy Harris

Alumnus Troy Harris lives by the Auburn Creed, evolving from a forester in the trees to a businessman promoting the benefits of locally sourced innovative wood products.

June 05, 2024

Man saws log outdoors with sawmill

Alabama Extension specialist and CFWE professor Adam Maggard supports landowners and the state's timber industry through the Forestry Business Resources Program.

May 28, 2024

A woman enters a wooden shelter.

Auburn's Mass Timber Collaborative is connecting research on forests and timber products with technologies in building design and construction.

March 14, 2024

A young man leans over a large piece of wood and works on cutting it with a circular saw and

Auburn is at work innovating and expanding the market for mass timber products, design, engineering and construction.

January 10, 2024