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Here's the 2nd of five myths we hear most often — and why they need to go.
(If you missed the first - you can learn about it here)
At the 2025 Mass Timber Group Summit, we’re putting these myths to rest for good — backed by real project data, expert insights, and lessons learned directly from teams in the field.
For years, mass timber was seen as a material reserved for bold, headline-grabbing projects — 10+ story towers in urban cores, university innovation hubs, and flagship public buildings. But that’s outdated thinking. Mass timber’s versatility isn’t just for the skyline — it’s showing up in modular homes, workforce housing, ADUs, and even single-family projects across North America.
The Matt’s Place project offers one of the clearest examples of mass timber breaking into smaller-scale, high-performance housing. Conceived as an accessible, climate-resilient home for people living with ALS, Matt’s Place uses prefabricated mass timber panels & modular components to accelerate construction, enhance durability, and significantly improve energy performance.
This project is now in its third iteration — proof that the system works and can be replicated at scale for affordable and accessible housing.
Alex Zink, AIA & Brian Court from The Miller Hull Partnership, LLP, DCI Engineers, and Andy Barrett will be helping you understand how to apply the same lessons from Matt's place to you own projects in Denver this summer (more on that later).
In Durango, Colorado, Kyle Hanson and the Timber Age™ team is proving that mass timber isn’t just for big cities or luxury projects. Their panelized mass timber system is designed specifically for attainable, high-performance housing. What sets them apart:
This approach solves several challenges at once: it boosts local forestry economies, reduces embodied carbon, supports workforce housing, and makes passive house-level performance attainable. Timber Age is actively delivering homes in Colorado and beyond — proving mass timber works at residential scale.
The truth is, mass timber isn’t inherently a “big building” material. It’s a high-performance, modular-friendly, design-flexible system that scales up or down depending on the project needs. What’s been holding mass timber back in residential and small-scale markets isn’t the material itself — it’s outdated assumptions perpetuated by some members of the design and construction community.
With teams like Timber Age and projects like Matt’s Place leading the charge — there’s no reason to leave mass timber off the table for homes, ADUs, or small commercial buildings.
That’s exactly what we’ll break down at the 2025 Mass Timber Group Summit—real-world numbers, hard-earned lessons, direct from the teams proving mass timber works at any scale.
👉 Secure Your Spot at the Summit
Lead mass timber projects with confidence — and leave delays, redesigns, and budget blowups behind.
✅ Solve early-stage design, sourcing, insurance, permitting, code & cost hurdles before they derail your project.
✅ Find technical answers on design, detailing, procurement, embodied carbon ROI, hybrid systems & more.
✅ Build relationships with developers, GCs, architects, and engineers shaping mass timber’s future.
Get your ticket— and get the insights, skills, and network to deliver mass timber projects successfully.
