Enter the first major U.S. airport with a timber roof and the wow factor is everywhere. Undertaken at a cost of $2.1 billion, the four-year PDX remodel uses 3.7 million board feet of wood.

A popular bar in Falmouth has been given the go-ahead to extend its existing roof terrace. The Chintz Bar in Old Brewery Yard, off the Old High Street, had applied for planning permission to ...