Building With Whole Trees: Rethinking Timber With Amelia Baxter

About this episode

Neal Collins discusses innovative timber construction with Amelia Baxter, focusing on the use of unmilled, round timber.

What if we could build with trees without milling them into straight, uniform boards? On this episode, Neal Collins is joined by Amelia Baxter, co-founder and CEO of WholeTrees Structures, a company reimagining timber construction by using unmilled, round timber as structural elements in buildings. Together, they explore how WholeTrees transforms the often overlooked “cull trees,” trees that would otherwise be removed as excess byproducts, from well-managed forests into beautiful, durable bui...

People in this episode

Host: Neal Collins

Guest: Amelia Baxter

Topics covered

• timber construction
• sustainable building
• cull trees
• round timber
• regenerative design

Keywords

• timber
• construction
• sustainability
• building materials
• regenerative real estate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WholeTrees Structures

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