This luxury cabin-like dorm is the future of college living
Leers Weinzapfel Associates, Modus Studio, Mackey Mitchell Architects
But at the University of Arkansas, a wooden dorm building is showing that it's possible. Called the Stadium Drive Residence Halls, the 202,027-square-foot building is the first large-scale mass timber building of its kind in the U.S.
Timber, it turns out, is an eco-friendly alternative to steel and cement. It's causing waves in the design and construction worlds, and some architects think there could be a timber revolution of the same sort that happened with steel and concrete at the turn of the 20th century.
The dorm is a dream for college students and sustainability enthusiasts alike. Here's why buildings like Stadium Drive might be the future of design:
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