WholeTrees Structures

Madison, WI

WholeTrees is a Wisconsin-based, women-owned company founded in 2007 that specializes in using sustainably harvested round timber and solid swan timber to create create healthier and more sustainable buildings by using whole unmilled trees in construction to provide communities with beautiful, affordable, and durable biophilic structural systems that restore forests. 

Developed in partnership with WholeTrees Structures, The Children’s Museum of Eau Claire (CMEC) Is a newly-designed,  innovative and sustainable 24,000 square-foot two-story Structural Round Timber (SRT) museum. The CMEC is the first structure of its kind, representing  the cornerstone of what is possible with carbon-conscious materials and partnerships between visionary, architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) leaders, including CMEC’s executive director Michael McHorney and Malcolm Holzman, an internationally renowned museum architect. Together with WholeTrees and some of the nation’s leading timber engineers, forestry companies and fabricators, the team created a stunning and sustainable museum that will provoke whimsy and play for kids of all ages.

Contact: Michelle DiLello
Photography: Kleine Leonard, courtesy of WholeTrees.