Tim Gokhman, one of the developers of Ascent, says building costs are comparable to more traditional structures, but he found that building with wood has advantages over steel and concrete.

This sparked the idea to create the World’s Largest Drum. The shell of the Drum consists of three layers of maple wood pressed together in the same style as a traditional bass drum. The lugs are ...

Using a colored concrete mix, the class learned the proper technique for placing concrete for a pressed countertop look. After practicing on smaller tile molds, the class created its own ...