A panel of international experts see a wood-based-future that departs from traditional building beyond use of materials. Jarrett Hutchinson, of British Columbia’s Office of Mass Timber Implementation, moderated a panel titled Innovative Solutions and Paths to Success: Shaping the Skyline with Mass Timber at the Woodrise 2025 conference in Vancouver. The panellists, Brazil-Based Urbem’s sales director Ana Belizario, Steven Ware, an architect at Paris-based design firm Artbuild, and Waugh Thistleton Architects director Andrew Waugh all detailed innovative wood design from an international perspective. Belizario said termites were in a way an impetus for mass timber adoption in Brazil. …Ware said he sees timber as a way to “push things a little further,” and stressed the importance of recycling to the timber lifecycle. …Waugh cited design’s obsession with tall buildings as part of the problem. …All three panellists agreed an increased emphasis on biophilia… is a natural match with wood-based building.