About the author  ⁄ Thomas Skaggs, Ph.D., P.E.

Thomas Skaggs, Ph.D., P.E., is the Manager of product evaluation in APA – The Engineered Wood Association’s technical services division. Before joining APA, Skaggs’ research at Virginia Tech was in the area of metal-plate-connected wood trusses. He can be reached at tom.skaggs@apawood.org.

Simplicity Rules on the Palouse

Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center at Washington State University

When Washington State University (WSU) set out to build the new Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center on their campus in Pullman, they had a number of goals: bring the University’s diverse cultural organizations together under one roof, incorporate natural building materials native to the area into the structure, and build something unique yet iconic that would serve as a marquee building. …

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Sep, 2018 By and In Feature Comments 0
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